Following the instructions, she is said to have counted out $700,000, placed it in a bag, and walked out of the casino. On the day of the incident, she allegedly received a call from an unknown number instructing her to bring the money to Gary. Young’s role at the casino involved the responsibility of handling millions of dollars.
Young is accused of following those instructions and dropping off the cash, and she was later apprehended by police in Gary before being brought back to Michigan.Įven with these few details, the case shows striking similarities to a series of similar high-value casino thefts across the U.S in 2023, including $1 million stolen from Circa Las Vegas, also in June, and March’s $500k theft from Monarch Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. The incident reportedly took place on July 30, when Young claims someone contacted her and told her to take $700k from the casino cage and bring it to Gary, Indiana, where it would be picked up. The accused, Danika Young, 38, was a supervisor at the cash cage of the Four Winds Hartford Casino (pictured), which is operated by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. Posted in: US Gambling Crime News, Michigan Gambling News, US Casino NewsĪ Michigan casino employee has been accused of embezzling $700,000 from her workplace, with the cash still missing.
