Former Indiana Casino Executive Pleads Guilty To Federal CrimesJohn Keeler Faces Up To Three Years In Prison |
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A former Indiana casino executive could be going to prison.
According to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, John Keeler, 72, of Indianapolis, Indiana, former vice president and general counsel of Indiana-based casino company New Centaur LLC, pleaded guilty to brazen federal crimes.
The feds said that Keeler illegally paid $41,000 in New Centaur corporate funds to Maryland-based political consultant Kelley Rogers and directed him to funnel $25,000 to a local political party committee in Marion County, Indiana.
To conceal the nature of the contribution, Keeler caused New Centaur’s federal tax return filed with the Internal Revenue Service to falsely describe the $41,000 payment to Rogers as a deductible business expense.
Also, according to court documents, Darryl Brent Waltz, 48, of Greenwood, Indiana, a former Indiana State Senator and 2016 candidate for U.S. Congress, worked with Rogers to funnel $40,500 in illegal conduit contributions to his congressional campaign.
Rogers directed corporate funds from New Centaur into the “Brent Waltz for Congress” campaign through over a dozen straw donors and Waltz himself. Waltz pleaded guilty to receiving these fictitious donations. Waltz also pleaded guilty to lying to and misleading FBI agents who were investigating the illegal contributions.
Keeler faces up to three years in prison, and Waltz faces up to 10 years in prison. Their actual sentences are expected to be significantly less.
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