![]() ![]() Through his attorney, Roybal noted that he has none of the money left as he split the proceeds with a now deceased co-defendant and on elaborate hunting and fishing trips. This morning, Roybal appeared before District Court Judge Ross Sanchez and learned his fate: 50 years in a New Mexico prison. In July, he chose to enter into a plea agreement instead, pleading guilty to 17 of the counts for which he faced up to 50 years of incarceration according to the terms of the plea. If convicted on all 699 counts, Roybal would have faced over 2,000 years of incarceration. ![]() ![]() In just 15 months, he and another employee managed to forge jackpot payouts in amounts ranging from a few hundred dollars to thousands, eventually taking up to $20,000 in a single day before raising the suspicions of pueblo police. Daniel Roybal quickly made a name for himself in 2006 when he was indicted on 699 felony counts of Embezzlement, Fraud and Conspiracy for his part in taking over $1.2 million from Sandia Casino. ![]()
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