The indictments are not expected to change the gaming commission's decision to award a casino license to Wynn rather than Mohegan Sun.
Three men who own land in Everett, Massachusetts that is planned for a Wynn Resorts casino have been indicted on state and federal charges of fraud and corruption, according to reports.
Officials allege that one of the men, Charles Lightbody -- a convicted felon -- attempted to shield his financial ties to the deal from state regulators, and the two other men, Dustin DeNunzio and Anthony Gattineri, helped him.
A federal grand jury has returned indictments against three of the four owners of a land parcel in Everett slated for a lucrative casino, accusing the trio of hiding a convicted felon’s financial stake in the parcel. Charles Lightbody, 54, of Revere, Dustin DeNunzio, 37, of Cambridge, and Anthony Gattineri, 56, of Winchester, all face state and federal charges related to the accusations, alleging that they created fraudulent documents making it appear that Lightbody had sold his stake in the 30-acre parcel of land, where a Wynn Resorts casino is expected to be built.
And from MassLive.com:
The moves by three occurred between December 2012 and July 2013 according to law enforcement. The three could face several years in prison and fines in the hundreds of thousands if convicted. "The indictments are an example of the rigor and diligence exercised by law enforcement and regulators in the Commonwealth," said Wynn Senior Vice President Michael Weaver in a one sentence statement to press. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission was still working on a statement in response to the indictments at press time.
WBUR also reports that the indictments are not expected to change the Massachusetts Gaming Commission's decision to award a casino license to Wynn rather than Mohegan Sun, which proposed a casino at Suffolk Downs in Revere.
According to a December 2013 report in The Boston Globe, Lightbody bragged to a friend in prison, shortly before the land deal went through with Wynn Resorts, that he was about to make "a real home run."
