The previous staff of the Wendover Nugget Resort and On line casino would course of inaccurate cashouts and pocket the distinction. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
Three former cage cashiers at Wendover Nugget Resort and On line casino in West Wendover, Nevada, have been criminally charged for stealing from their employer. Throughout a span of eight days from April 14 to April 29, 2003, Erika Collazo Rodriguez, Maria A. Gonzales, and Maria E. Hernandez Perez used their positions with the on line casino to make off with a number of thousand {dollars}.
The scheme was fairly easy. In truth, Collazo Rodriguez and Gonzales informed cops that they got here up with the thought “as a result of it appeared simple.” In a nutshell, considered one of three girls would carry chips or a slots voucher to the cage and one other would money it out for a special quantity. Whichever particular person got here out on prime would then pocket the distinction.
Collazo Rodriguez introduced Gonzales a slots voucher written for 50 cents and acquired $1,005
In a single occasion, safety footage reveals Collazo Rodriguez receiving and counting $2,608 in chips, however then signing a Delicate Rely Switch Slip for simply $1,608. In one other instance, Collazo Rodriguez introduced Gonzales a slots voucher written for 50 cents and acquired $1,005.
In different surveillance footage, each Collazo Rodriguez and Gonzales could be seen at totally different instances distributing cash to a number of worker lockers. Collazo Rodriguez confessed to officers to “5 thefts totaling $2,205,” whereas Gonzales admitted to stealing $1,225.
A Nevada Gaming Management officer stated Hernandez Perez performed a lesser position within the crime. She claimed that any cash she gave her two accomplices was to “pay for lunches that had been bought on her behalf by Collazo and/or Gonzales.”
Each Collazo Rodriguez and Gonzales had been charged with felony embezzlement and theft by conversion and a gross misdemeanor depend of conspiracy to embezzle and/or theft. Hernandez Perez was charged with simply the lesser gross misdemeanor depend.
