A former manager at a popular Las Vegas hotel got a bit greedy, and it has landed him in jail.
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Having had to deal with mgm for many refunds over the years (often due to credits not being automatically issued) I can confirm it is a very manual system. My guess is he would just go in and remove incidental charges from folios then issue a refund
But spending so much stolen money must feel so good, couldn’t think of any better way to live life!
…will he be rehired (again) in a few years. I’m sure he never stole anything else on his previous employment stint with mgm.
I've always wondered if these luxury stores/companies are on the hook when it's found out that money was spent there that was stolen? I mean on RHOSLC it was said that Jen Shah spent like $1Mil+ at Louis Vuitton IN CASH.....like isn't that suspicious enough? I know in the jewelry world, if a Pawn Shop buys and sells a stolen piece within a set amount if time, they are required to pay/give it back AT THEIR OWN COST. These companies are publicly traded too, how much of their earnings are stolen/laundered/etc? Anyways, interesting issue.
I'm kind of amazed he thought he'd get away with it. I'd expect to see "bought a house in a country that lacks an extradition policy with the US"... I guess these aren't criminal masterminds.
I don't think they are. Otherwise, there would be some serious problems selling to oligarchs... who definitely drive revenue and made serious coin stealing from the people of Russia.
I guess he's never seen Goodfellas.
"Didn't I tell you not to get anything big. Didn't I tell you not to attract attention!?"
Frank Abagnale, the author and subject of "Catch Me if You Can," has found that people who commit this kind of crime just keep doing it until they get caught.
Who's going to do it only once or twice? It's got to be a rush getting away with it. And the next time you need cash, it would be almost impossible to resist.
We actually received a room comp from Brandon over New Years this year. And, yes I did confirm we actually received the comp lol.
What a dummy
All that $money$ just to buy some dumb a$$ luxury items...
Could have set himself up for life if he wasn't DUMB, STUPID, and GREEDY, all at the same time,,,,
should of just said he got lucky with crypto. chef on the side lol common man.
I'm not sure what you mean. He did indeed SET HIMSELF UP for life. If he gets out on good behavior, he can always be a chef for the rich.
I worked at a hotel with a gentleman who created a frequent stay account and was adding points to the card. I am not sure if he was selling the points for money or what, but he did have a lot of points on the account when he was caught. More businesses should have internal auditors.
He’s fortunate he didn’t pull this sixty years ago or they’d just now be finding his body in lake mead.
MGM deserves this for ending the Partnership with Hyatt.. or was it otherwise? nevermind.
Wow. Didn’t he as an employee know that he could be tracked and caught? He worked there he didn’t understand the system! As sophisticated as the Aria is, why did the system not detect something? I bet it will catch everything now.
Wouldn’t take Abagnale’s word on anything given how “Catch Me If You Can” itself is mostly made up… allegedly
What is even more crazy is that I worked under this manager for almost a year. He was very mild mannered, respectful, and I thought at the time a good boss. He was aria sky suites and aria hotel operations manager over the course of his career there. Even funnier, I already am 99% positive I know exactly which manager would’ve been the nosy one.