ABERDEEN – In a grim blow to transnational criminal organizations, two Omaha men have been sent to federal prison for their role in the interstate transportation of stolen money. Roberto Carlos Gonzalez Miranda, 24, and his co-defendant Roberto Orellana, 46, were both sentenced on September 15, 2025, by U.S. District Judge Charles B. Kornmann.
Miranda received a five-year-and-ten-month sentence, while Orellana was handed a four-year-and-two-month term. Both are required to pay $352,000 in restitution to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Miranda must also contribute $100 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund, with Orellana paying $200.
The defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2024 and pleaded guilty on June 3, 2025. The investigation into their activities revealed that they had worked as money mules for a transnational criminal organization during the winter of 2023-2024.
On February 25, 2024, a fraudulent caller claimed to be a U.S. Government official and demanded $700,000 in audit fees from the Grand River Casino in rural Mobridge, South Dakota. Casino personnel, acting on the caller’s instructions, transferred cash to Mitchell, South Dakota, only to find themselves ensnared in a criminal scheme. The caller remains at large, and the casino funds have yet to be recovered.
This case was a collaborative effort between the FBI, the South Dakota DCI, the Mitchell Police Department, and the Corson County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carl Thunem led the prosecution against Miranda and Orellana. Both men were immediately remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service.
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Key Facts
- State: South Dakota
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes|Organized Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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