Canada businessman indicted in US casino debt case

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Canadian real estate businessman and gambling high-roller is sought in Nevada on charges that he failed to repay $12.9 million in debts to two Las Vegas-area casinos more than five years ago, authorities said Thursday.

Semion Kronenfeld, 43, was named in an arrest warrant issued after a Clark County District Court grand jury charged him in a 12-count indictment with felony theft, bad checks and obtaining money under false pretenses.

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