Las Vegas Casino Maid Busted For Stealing $1 MillionPolice Allege Housekeeper Took Seven-Figures Worth Of Jewelry And Cash |
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The hotel safe is there for a reason, and that became obvious this week for Las Vegas visitors. Reports surfaced that a housekeeper at the Palazzo was arrested for allegedly stealing jewelry and large amounts of money from guest rooms.
Police said Maria Menendez Betancourt was wearing one of the guest’s gold bracelets when she was taken into custody and in total, made off with items and cash valued at as much as $1 million.
“In early June, a guest at the resort reported that her room was burglarized and more than $8,000 was missing,” KLAS reported based on court documents. “Investigators with the hotel identified Menendez Betancourt as a suspect in that burglary.”
At ‘Work’ On Off Days
Hotel security later discovered that Menendez Betancourt entered the guest’s room, but wasn’t assigned to the floor that day. Later in the month, security called police when it was alleged that she stole more than $100,000 from another guest. She wasn’t assigned to work that day, but hotel staff said she still showed up and entered the room.
Security said she had been caught “entering multiple rooms on multiple floors,” according to authorities, without a cleaning cart or supplies. One guest later said $110,000 in cash and checks went missing with video showing she had entered the room.
“Menendez Betancourt discovered these items and concealed them in white bath towels (she) found in the room,” investigators allege in court documents.
Menendez Betancourt is now out on bail, but was ordered to steer clear of the Strip.
Las Vegas and casinos are regularly targets for thieves. Last week, a Las Vegas couple was arrested for allegedly stealing $650,000 in cash and chips from a casino in Primm, Nevada. In November, Erik Gutierrez Martinez, 24, pleaded guilty for a scam in which $1.2 million was stolen from Circa Casino.
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