FOLLOW THE MONEY: Per Capita Theft by Tribal Nations in CA Reaches $500 MILLION

That's half a BILLION DOLLARS, stolen by corrupt tribal councils and their leaders.   They claim disenrollments weren't about the money, but the figures don't lie.  That's something the Bureau of Indian Affair buries their heads in the sand to avoid.   We first wrote about this story in January:  Follow the Money....

From the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians in Temecula CA:
The Hunter Family has lost $1,455,000 per person, in per capita payments alone. We arrived at that figure by taking the last full year of per capita $268,000/12 months and multiplying that loss times 58 months of disenrollment. 95 adults at the time of disenrollment equals: $139,200,000
The Apis Family was disenrolled the year prior in 2005. The per capita was slightly less about $17,000 per month times 62 months of termination: $1,186,000 times 135 adults equals: $217,200,000
Moratorium people NEVER shared in what was rightfully theirs. The per capita went up to $360,000 per year for those remaining after elimination of tribal citizens.
From the Picayune Rancheria in Coarsegold, CA:

In the case of Chukchansi Gold, the casino has been averaging $4 million per month in payments to the Tribe over the past 18 months (as reported to me by a former Tribal Council member).
The tribe disenrolled 625 members who were making $3,200 per month. This equates to $96,000,000 stolen. The word from that reservation is that they wanted to further reduce their population.

Lets add what we have so far:
Pechanga: $359.4 MILION Includes additional $22 Million in Health Insurance. Corrected Insurance due to coverages, some double covered as family. Per capita losses are $200,000 PER DAY.

Picayune: $ 104.0 MILLION Money is from share of dollars casino sends to tribe per person.

Redding: $ 32.3 MILLION Per capita only. Totals being tabulating but includes tribal JOBS lost.

Mooretown: $ 11.4 MILLION

Enterprise: $ 2.4 MILLION No Per Capita. Tribe gets revenue allocation. Losses include housing help.

And the tribal councils will say, it's NOT about the MONEY! But the Truth IS it IS because so many have lost homes, health insurance because their rightful per capita was taken away.

James Riley, Accused in Pechanga Fraud, Prohibited From Working in Insurance Industry

State authorities on Monday announced that the 46-year-old insurance broker accused of defrauding the Pechanga Resort & Casino of about $4 million in an insurance scam has been prohibited from working in the insurance industry.

James William Riley, of Murrieta, has been barred from working in the industry in any manner pending the outcome of his trial on multiple counts of grand theft, money laundering and commercial bribery, according to a news release form California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner. If Riley is found guilty, his license will be revoked, the release said.

Riley, will have his day in court March 15 in Riverside

The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians and it's chairman mark macarro (Intentionally not capitalized as a show of disrepect) are well known for disenrolling 25% of their tribal membership, acting outside their own constitution. In those despicable actions they have harmed their elders and children. While insurance fraud is serious and IF James Riley did these things he's accused of, he should be punished. It should be noted that there has been NO punishment meted out to Pechanga for their own theft of health insurance to the tune of $12 million dollars, nor the theft of over $200 million in per capita payments from over 230 tribal members.