Las Vegas Sports Betting Kiosks Used To Embezzle FundsWilliam Hill Workers Face Charges |
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More than handicappers may have been taking advantage of Las Vegas’s ubiquitous sports betting kiosks over the last few months. Investigators with the Nevada Gaming Control Board recently revealed that William Hill employees allegedly rigged kiosks to steal funds, according to a recent report by KLAS.
Investigators note that three employees were let go from the company “for making fraudulent cash adjustments at various William Hill betting kiosks.” The scheme allegedly netted the suspects more than $70,000.
Several Employees Involved
KLAS identified the suspects in the case as Mariah Butler, a former supervisor with the company, Tionne Ryans, and several other co-conspirators. Two others, Shravan Singh and Paige Steiner, pleaded guilty to similar actions last year and agreed to pay more than $200,000 in restitution.
Investigators say that those involved “used internal computer programs to fraudulently add money onto kiosks operated by William Hill.”
“Coordinating with co-conspirators, the suspects then used personal cell phones to select specific kiosks to be altered,” the Gaming Control Board noted in court documents. “After the fraudulent adjustments were made, the co-conspirators would then print and redeem altered kiosk vouchers for cash.”
William Hill, which was acquired by Caesars Entertainment in 2021, noted that adjusting kiosks by customer service employees was actually rarely needed. This may have been what allowed company representatives to discover the thefts.
“In this case, the suspects were caught making $100, $500, $1,000, $1,500, $2,000 and $2,500 singular adjustments,” investigators said of the crimes.
Casino cash theft has been in the news quite a bit recently. In November, Erik Gutierrez Martinez, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of more than $100,000 in September after stealing from Circa Casino and other properties.
In September, an employee at Aria casino was alleged to have stolen more than $770,000 from the property by making refunds to his own account. Police allege he used the cash for Louis Vuitton and Versace shopping sprees, private jets, spa visits, purchasing a home, and more.
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