{"id":4704,"date":"2018-12-14T14:17:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T19:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/?p=4704"},"modified":"2018-12-22T14:25:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T19:25:59","slug":"gambling-nuns-steal-500k-las-vegas-casino-trips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/gambling-nuns-steal-500k-las-vegas-casino-trips\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambling Nuns Steal $500k for Las Vegas Casino Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A pair of gambling nuns are accused of stealing $500,000 to fund their Las Vegas trips. They’re now facing both scrutiny and possible legal consequences with their theft now uncovered.<\/p>\n

Sisters Mary Margaret Kreuper and Lana Chang both worked at St. James Catholic School in Torrance, California. Kreuper, a former principal, and Chang, a teacher, would frequently go on Vegas trips together.<\/p>\n

Of course, nuns don’t usually make the type of salaries that afford such lavish trips. It now appears that embezzled church money funded their excursions.<\/p>\n

How were the Gambling Nuns Caught?<\/h2>\n

Sisters Kreuper and Chang proceeded to get away with their scam for years. According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram<\/a>, St. James Catholic School only caught them after a check error.<\/p>\n

School staffers examined a check that had been sent years earlier. They then realized that the check was deposited into a different bank account.<\/p>\n

The nuns are now retired and may have thought they were going to get away with the decade-long scam. But the two best friends are now in hot water over the matter.<\/p>\n

School Officials and Parents Meet<\/h2>\n

\"\"St. James officials and parents recently had a meeting to discuss the theft. They came to the conclusion that the nuns took tuition checks from parents, then diverted it into their personal account.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do know that they had a pattern of going on trips,” said Marge Graf, the school’s attorney.<\/p>\n

“We do know they had a pattern of going to casinos. And the reality is, they used the account as their personal account.”<\/p>\n

Parents knew about the lavish gambling trips the nuns were taking. However, the sisters claimed that the money came from a rich relative.<\/p>\n

St. James confronted the nuns over the theft. They promptly admitted stealing the $500k and have now begged for forgiveness.<\/p>\n

The order of the nuns that the sisters belong to have agreed to pay back the money. It’s unclear if they’ll also press charges at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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