A Chicago man has been convicted in the theft of $700,000 from a Michigan casino, a brazen scheme in which an employee was tricked over the phone into stuffing the cash in a designer bag and driving 85 miles (137 kilometers) to deliver it.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A federal jury found a man guilty of his coordinated theft from a tribal casino, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten announced Friday. Jesus Gaytan-Garcia,