Ocean Casino Announces Settlement With Whistleblower
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Whistleblower Loretta Pickus has won a settlement from the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City after she was fired in 2020.
Loretta Pickus, the former general counsel of Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, filed a whistleblower and discrimination lawsuit against the New Jersey casino in September 2020. She was fired in January 2020 for objecting to the submission of false meeting minutes to New York Division of Gaming Enforcement.
Mark Evans was demoted from director of surveillance to director. Fred DeVesa wanted to keep a record of the demotion so there would be less legal liability for the company. Pickus was present at the July 18 audit committee meeting. She raised the issue about the false minutes to the NJDGE and Terry Glebocki, the casino's CEO. In January 2014, she requested a correction regarding the minutes of a committee and urged the committee to take responsibility for their false submission. The casino fired her four days later.
Pickus won her legal battle with Ocean Casino through the confirmed settlement. She had been fired for cause based on unsatisfactory performance and unbecoming conduct at an audit committee meeting in January 2020. The settlement is confirmed. The case was brought under New Jersey's Conscientious Employee Protection Act.
