Eureka Moment <\/strong><\/h2>\nGutierrez Martinez has also been charged with theft of over $100K in relation to the incident at the Eureka. On that occasion, a cage supervisor took a call from an individual claiming his name was Michael Gunther and that he was a representative of the company that supplies the casino\u2019s hand sanitizer.<\/p>\n
He said $250K needed to be delivered immediately to an address in Las Vegas. When the supervisor arrived at the location, she was surprised to discover it was a Circle K convenience store.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cGunther\u201d then instructed her to deposit $15K into a Bitcoin Depot kiosk. He then told her to go to a 7-Eleven on North Nellis Boulevard to meet somebody called \u201cAnthony,\u201d who would receive the remaining $235K.<\/p>\n
Shortly after handing over the cash box to “Anthony,\u201d she received a call from the casino telling her to return with the money. She was able to grab back the box and return to the casino, according to court filings.<\/p>\n
Golden Nugget Link?<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe incident at the Golden Nugget occurred under similar circumstances, but it\u2019s not clear whether Gutierrez Martinez has been charged with involvement in this case. Nor is it clear whether anyone else has been arrested in connection with the three cases.<\/p>\n
Gutierrez Martinez is being held at the Clark County Detention Center. He appeared at an arraignment hearing Wednesday at Clark County Justice Court in Mesquite, and a preliminary hearing has been set for August 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Las Vegas man arrested on June 18 for bilking Circa out of $1.17 million, allegedly by pretending to be one of the casino\u2019s owners, may have attempted similarly audacious scams at other Nevada casinos. Prior to the Circa heist, Erik Gutierrez Martinez, 23, is suspected of attempting to steal $250K from the Eureka Casino […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":280390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[82082,87005,87006,87007],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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