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PENALTIES
Property value stolen = $1,000 or less: • Fined • Imprisoned for no more than 1 year • Or both
Property value stolen = $1,000 or more: • Fined • Imprisoned for no more than 5 years • Or both
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CASE EXAMPLE I (2002) • A tribal chairman was issued a Tribal credit card:
• On 19 occasions, he received a travel advance for hotel expenses and then charged those expenses to his Tribal credit card. • He also used the Tribal credit card for personal expenses. • Obtained cash advances, which he used to game at the Casino. • He was convicted of both counts of theft from a tribal organization in federal district court. • The Seventh Circuit affirmed his convictions. 20
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