Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102

§1168 Theft by Officers or Employees of Gaming Establishments on Indian Lands

Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 53 — INDIANS › § 1168

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

A worker, officer, or licensed person at a tribal casino approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission who steals or intentionally misuses the casino’s money or property can be punished. If the value is $1,000 or less, the penalty can be up to a $250,000 fine, up to 5 years in jail, or both. If it is over $1,000, the penalty can be up to a $1,000,000 fine, up to 20 years in jail, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 18, §1168

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(a)Whoever, being an officer, employee, or individual licensee of a gaming establishment operated by or for or licensed by an Indian tribe pursuant to an ordinance or resolution approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission, embezzles, abstracts, purloins, willfully misapplies, or takes and carries away with intent to steal, any moneys, funds, assets, or other property of such establishment of a value of $1,000 or less shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both;
(b)Whoever, being an officer, employee, or individual licensee of a gaming establishment operated by or for or licensed by an Indian tribe pursuant to an ordinance or resolution approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission, embezzles, abstracts, purloins, willfully misapplies, or takes and carries away with intent to steal, any moneys, funds, assets, or other property of such establishment of a value in excess of $1,000 shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned for not more than twenty years, or both.

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Amendments

1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–647 substituted “or imprisoned” for “and be imprisoned for”.

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Citation

18 U.S.C. § 1168

Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102