A person defrauded over $1m from the Circa Resort & On line casino in downtown Las Vegas after pretending to be the proprietor of the property. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
A person was capable of defraud a Las Vegas on line casino out of greater than $1m after convincing an worker that he was the lodge proprietor. Pretending he wanted to get emergency funds for the fireplace division, 23-year-old Erik Gutierrez carried out the con on the downtown Circa Resort & On line casino.
Police went to the property on June 17 after an individual within the on line casino’s safety workplace contacted detectives about “an unknown individual” who was claiming to personal the lodge and was in search of $320,000 as an emergency fireplace division cost.
con artist claimed that the fireplace division wanted the cash for security gadgets
Police then talked to the cage supervisor who had been in touch with Gutierrez, who stated that the con artist claimed that the fireplace division wanted the cash for security gadgets. The supervisor had already given money totaling nearly $1.2m to Gutierrez on a number of events off-site.
The authorities managed to track down Gutierrez, discovering a big bag of money with the Circa title on the bag after executing a search warrant at his residence. Detectives arrested the person and he was advised to steer clear of the Circa on line casino if he makes his $25,000 bail.
