Operations manager at Las Vegas Strip resort accused of stealing $773K in money laundering scheme
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An employee at a Las Vegas Strip resort allegedly siphoned more than $773,000 in hotel refunds into a personal account that he used for shopping and travels.
The former hotel operations manager at Aria Resort & Casino first raised eyebrows after an observant coworker said that he noticed a significant lifestyle change. The co-worker told police that he looked into Johnson’s work transactions and discovered a number of unusual transactions and immediately notified his manager. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a writer on the breaking news team for Fox News Digital. You can reach her on Twitter at @s_rumpfwhitten.
According to Clark County Detention Center records and a police report obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Johnson allegedly issued 209 fraudulent refunds back to a single Chase debit card, with the money going into a checking account.
Police say that he was allegedly moving money back and forth between several different Chase accounts.