Circa in Las Vegas is a sports lovers dream come true as they have sport six glittering pools on a luxury hotel rooftop and a 143-foot television screen showing nothing but sports all day.
The employees there are learning the hard way to not believe everybody that comes into the hotel and casino.
One man has been accused of somehow convincing an employee to give him more than $1 million in bogus payments for fire safety equipment, according to 8 News Now.
One person from the hotel’s security office told detectives “an unknown person” had contacted the casino cage “claiming to be the owner of the hotel” and asking for $320,000 for an emergency payment to the fire department.
The person, who was not the hotel’s owner, said “the fire department needed to do a check on the fire extinguishers” and “they would need a payment for further safety devices,” documents said.
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The payments totaled $314,000, $350,000, and $500,000, plus three smaller deposits, resulting in a loss of $1,170,000 to the hotel, according to the report.
23-year-old Erik Gutierrez was arrested at a local gym on Sunday. They later recovered nearly $850,000. Police are not sure who was given the outstanding $314,000.
He has been charged with theft of more than $100,000.
Judge Amy Ferreira set Gutierrez’s bail at $25,000 and ordered him to stay away from Circa and the Fremont Street Experience if he posts bond.
