A former William Hill employee has been charged with embezzling $28 from a sports betting kiosk in Las Vegas.
Persha Stanley and Anthony Cuddeback were formally charged Monday with crimes including burglary, forgery and computer misconduct for their alleged role in the scheme, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Police indicted supervisor Shravan Singh and customer service officer Paige Steiner on similar charges last week.
Arrest reports said the scheme involved employees depositing small sums of money at William Hill kiosks located inside the casino.He would then contact Singh by phone or email, and Singh would coordinate the deal using an internal computer program.That way, accomplices can withdraw larger vouchers.
It seems that William Hill had quite a few employees. Singh's group was discovered while the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) was investigating another group of employees who were plotting the same thing.
thousands of transactions
In December, NGCB investigators began investigating three female employees who were later found to have embezzled nearly $12 in five days using the same technique.During the course of the investigation, the NGCB became interested in Singh.He also had access to computer programs.
They found that Singh made smaller cash adjustments than other groups, thus embezzling more money and getting away with it for a longer period of time.
Shin is accused of making about 2021 fraudulent cash adjustments in 10 cases between October 1 and January 19 of this year.There he was fired from the sportsbook operator.
According to prosecutors, his job was to "oversee the daily reporting of cash adjustments of $500 or more at kiosks as they are classified as 'unaccounted for money.'"
"Singh's participation resulted in non-reporting of (other) people's fraud, as well as his own fraudulent cash adjustments, to compliance," the prosecution wrote. "Because of his position, Singh avoided reporting himself, so he was able to avoid getting caught."
Frequent Fraud
According to court documents, Stanley and Cudback were caught on casino surveillance cameras withdrawing fraudulent coupons.
Steiner has done the most of this.She has been accused of making hundreds of fraudulent withdrawals and was initially charged with 290 felonies.She was formally indicted on 68 counts last Friday.
According to the Review-Journal, at least one of the three female employees initially targeted in the investigation has been arrested, but it's unclear if she has been formally charged.
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