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year to P&R to use the Center for its bingo games held 2 nights
per week. Petitioner lost its lease for the Center in 1985.
During 1985 and 1986 Cleveland Commercial Investment Co.
(hereinafter sometimes referred to as Cleveland Commercial) owned
the Elyria Hall. Cleveland Commercial leased the Elyria Hall to
Lanza at a rental of $26,000 per year, and Lanza subleased the
Elyria Hall to petitioner for 2 nights per week for bingo games
at a rental of $26,000 per year, $250 per session. Glen Snow was
president of Tenth Ohio when petitioner was sublessee of the
Center, and was president of Cleveland Commercial when petitioner
was sublessee of the Elyria Hall.
Popovic and Zeve prepared all of petitioner’s daily yellow
bingo sheets, which were required by Ohio law. The daily yellow
sheets are designed to show the amounts received from various
types of bingo games and the amounts spent for security at a
bingo game. Popovic and Zeve discussed how much of the proceeds
they had collected would be reported on the daily sheets. At
Zeve’s direction, Popovic created multiple sets of daily sheets
and adjusted the revenue and expense amounts so that the net
balance would match the subsequent bank deposits.
Popovic and Zeve reported $58,965 as net receipts from the
65 bingo games held at the Elyria Hall from November 9, 1985,
through June 14, 1986, to petitioner and to various State
authorities. The amounts they reported did match the amounts
they deposited to petitioner’s bank account. These amounts were
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