{"id":279315,"date":"2023-06-27T22:33:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T03:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=279315"},"modified":"2023-06-28T10:45:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:45:40","slug":"man-pretending-to-be-owner-of-las-vegas-casino-scams-1-1m-from-cashiers-cage-police-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/man-pretending-to-be-owner-of-las-vegas-casino-scams-1-1m-from-cashiers-cage-police-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Pretending To Be Owner of Las Vegas Casino Scams $1.1M from Cashier"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspect was arrested recently after someone allegedly posed as the owner of Circa Hotel & Casino in a scam<\/a>. He managed to get an employee at the Las Vegas property to pay over $1.1M for fire extinguishers and other fire prevention equipment.<\/p>\n

\"Circa
The Circa Hotel & Casino, pictured above. A suspect was arrested after a $1.1M scam involving the property. (Image: Michelin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The suspect, Erik Gutierrez, 23, was charged earlier this month with theft of more than $100K, Las Vegas TV station KLAS <\/em>reported this week.<\/p>\n

The incident began on June 17, when someone phoned the Circa\u2019s cashier\u2019s cage. The caller claimed to be the Circa\u2019s owner. It turned out he was not.<\/p>\n

Needed Immediate Payment<\/h2>\n

Initially, the caller asked a cage supervisor to make an immediate payment of $320K, security staff later told the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department<\/a> (LVMPD).<\/p>\n

The cage supervisor believed the caller was the hotel\u2019s owner and believed the claims made in the conversation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When speaking to the supervisor, the caller claimed, \u201cThe fire department needed to do a check on the fire extinguishers\u201d and \u201cthey would need a payment for further safety devices,\u201d KLAS <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n

Payments Made Off-Site<\/h2>\n

The supervisor later met someone at off-site locations who she believed was an attorney for the hotel, police said.<\/p>\n

Payments of $314K, $350K, and $500K, were made, along with smaller amounts that all together totaled $1,170,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

LVMPD investigated the case and traced a car used in the plot to Gutierrez\u2019s aunt. On June 18, officers arrested Gutierrez at a gym.<\/p>\n

Most of the Cash Recovered<\/h2>\n

Officers were able to recover about $850K in the casino\u2019s money, KLAS <\/em>reported. The cash was stored in a \u201clarge bag of US currency bundled together with the name Circa written on the bundle,\u201d DailyMail.com<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

Still missing is the other $314K allegedly stolen from the gaming property, according to news reports.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez recently appeared before Las Vegas Judge Amy Ferreira. His bail was set at $25K. If he makes bond, he must stay away from Circa and the Fremont Street Experience, the judge ordered.<\/p>\n

Gutierrez has a similar charge pending in Mesquite, Nev. Justice Court, according to news reports. Bail in that case was set at $20K. Details on that investigation were not immediately available.<\/p>\n

Although I love a good PR story, this isn\u2019t one of them,\u201d<\/strong> Derek Stevens<\/a>, Circa\u2019s CEO, was quoted by KLAS<\/em> about the crime.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cCirca Resort & Casino is cooperating with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in this investigation,\u201d Stevens added. \u201cWe greatly appreciate their efforts to date and cannot comment further due to an ongoing investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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