A former operations manager at a Las Vegas Strip resort is jailed after being accused of siphoning greater than $773,000 in hotel refunds into a private account that he used for luxurious purchasing, costly dinners, spa remedies and personal jet flights
ByThe Related Press
September 8, 2023, 6:06 PM
FILE – A tram travels by the entrance of the Aria Resort & On line casino, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Las Vegas. A former operations manager on the Las Vegas Strip resort is going through 15 felony fees alleging he siphoned greater than $773,000 in hotel refunds into a private account that he used for luxurious purchasing, costly dinners, spa remedies and personal jet flights. Brandon Rashaad Johnson, 38, of Las Vegas remained jailed Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, following his arrest Sept. 1. (AP Picture/John Locher, File)
The Related Press
LAS VEGAS — A former operations manager at a Las Vegas Strip resort is going through 15 felony fees alleging he siphoned greater than $773,000 in hotel refunds into a private account that he used for luxurious purchasing, costly dinners, spa remedies and personal jet flights.
Brandon Rashaad Johnson, 38, of Las Vegas remained jailed Friday following his arrest Sept. 1 in a scheme that lasted greater than a 12 months, in response to Clark County Detention Heart information and a police report obtained by the Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal. The arrest report was not instantly accessible Friday to The Related Press.
Johnson was recognized as a former manager on the Aria Resort & On line casino, an upscale 4,000-room property operated by MGM Resorts Worldwide. Firm spokesperson Brian Ahern declined to remark Friday about Johnson’s case.
Johnson’s protection attorneys, Michael Becker and Seth Strickland, didn’t reply Friday to textual content, phone and e-mail messages.
Johnson is due for a court docket listening to Monday to exhibit for a Las Vegas choose the supply of cash he would use to publish $100,000 bail and be launched with GPS monitoring forward of a preliminary listening to of proof or an indictment.
The fees towards him embrace theft, a pc crime and cash laundering.
Johnson give up his job in July, after a coworker seen that Johnson was shopping for costly issues and notified hotel officers who launched an investigation, the Evaluation-Journal reported.
Police mentioned that, from July 2022 to July 2023, Johnson directed 209 refunds to a checking account and spent massive quantities of cash at shops together with Louis Vuitton and Versace.