Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999 | 10:24 a.m.
Twenty people were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for allegedly passing forged checks at more than a dozen area casinos.
According to the indictment, the defendants passed the checks at such casinos as Nevada Palace, Sahara and Binion's Horseshoe between November 1997 and April 1999.
The checks ranged between $700 and nearly $1,200.
Named in the indictment were: Tio Burris, Dontae Woods, Tammy Clemens, Daniel Fein, Curtis O'Neal, Larry Shuart, Thomas Bruce Buster, Randolph Carter, Joyce Vanissa Gills, Darryl Lamar Jackson, James David Jackson Jr., Michael Edward McGee, Rhonda Denise McGee, Roy Lee Monroe, Kerry Lamonte Morgan, Melissa Deann Ross, Willie Lee Slack, Crystale Nanice Williams, Donald Eugene Woods and Terhain Woods.
All of the defendants were indicted on a charge of conspiracy.
Also indicted Wednesday were Samuel Terry on a charge of unlawfully stealing from a firearms licensee and Ali Moghadam and Katja S. Crosby on charges of making and subscribing a false income tax return, aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return, money laundering, forfeiture relating to money laundering activities and aiding and abetting.
In addition, Guadalupe Alegria was indicted on a charge of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and William Robert Sheppard was indicted on a charge of possession of child pornography.
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