Federal prosecutors have sentenced five defendants to prison terms totaling more than 15 years for a conspiracy that stole over $800,000 from a casino and online gaming services company using stolen identities and counterfeit driver’s licenses.
Jeremy Cushing, 53, of Topeka, was sentenced to 95 months; Rachael Matoian, 36, of Topeka, received 38 months; Abraham Ruiz, 44, of Joplin, Missouri, got 34 months; and both Cassandra Williams, 39, of Spring Valley, California, and Leroy Noll, 46, of Newton, were sentenced to 12 months each, says the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas.
The defendants pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The scheme ran from July 2021 to March 2024 and involved obtaining personal data to manufacture fake licenses for repeated withdrawals at casinos nationwide…