The former chairman of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians is running a charter fishing service out of Manistee, MI set up by his one-time casino partner and skippers that casino syndicator's 35' luxury fishing boat.
TVT has previously reported that Robert "Bob" Guenthardt (former chairman of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians) was running a charter boat fishing service, Renegade Charters, LLC, out of the Riverside Marina in Manistee, MI. (Renegade Charters' Web Site)
Guenthardt's one-time casino partner in Manistee's Little River Casino Resort, Michael J. Malik, Sr. (MJM Manistee), formed Renegade Charters, LLC on 6.14.01. At the time, Guenthardt was still chairman of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians. Guenthardt resigned as chairman in 2002 amidst a scandal involving the tribe's CFO.
TVT has learned that Guenthardt skippers the "Renegade," a 35' Cabo Express luxury edition vessel delivered in 2001, owned by Michael Malik. That vessel was originally registered on 6.15.01 to Malik / MJM Manistee at 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48201.
In the late 1990s, Malik and a former partner, Thomas Celani, reportedly bankrolled and won approvals to build and then manage the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, MI.
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