A former manager of the Sugarcane Raw Bar and Grill faces an defalcation burden inwards local judicature for allegedly stealing over $14,000. The eatery is set inward The Venetian Hotel and Casino, situated on the Las Vegas Strip.
The thefts only when became public knowledge this week. The suspect, Jessica Soriano, was apprehended lastly month when she was stopped for a motor vehicle investigation.
A subroutine records mark showed a warrant was issued for her arrest in 2019, KLAS, a local TV place reported.
The thefts date rear to December 2018 and January 2019. Much of the money was gambled away by Soriano. It was voice of her travail to in some manner repay the initial missing money, KLAS said.
Following her stoppage on June 26, Soriano was taken to the Clark County Detention Center. She was released on her have recognizance, KLAS said. The pillow slip will be heard in local court.
Police explained Soriano was responsible for hard cash deposits on her eatery shift. The stolen money was supposed to follow voice of iii split up hard currency drops, law said.
Tried to Win Money Back
The number one theft was used for the be of Soriano’s sister’s medication, law believe.
The ease of the money was spent on play so Soriano could repay the money she had stolen initially, police force said. But the eating place ne'er got repaid, law add.
It appears a great deal of the prize was lost while she was gambling.
Prior Embezzlement Charge
In an unrelated case, an Arizona bookkeeper was indicted for allegedly embezzling over $5.3 million from ii local businesses for which she worked, and from a homeowner’s association in Mexico.
She spent most of the ill-gotten money at Tucson-area casinos, local authorities revealed inward March.
Helen Marie Dahlstrom of Tucson, Ariz. was charged with fraudulent schemes and artifices, theft, computing machine tampering, forgery, and money laundering, according to a statement released by Arizona Attorney General Gospel According to Mark Brnovich.
Dahlstrom stole the money o'er a seven-year span starting inwards 2013, mostly past penning checks made out to cash, Brnovich said inward a statement.
Dahlstrom allegedly stole most of the money from business organisation accounts on which she had access. Authorities identified her wedged employers as Lauderbach Builders Supply and L&L Manufactured Components. Both are construction-related companies in Tucson. She was their bookkeeper.
Dahlstrom also was a treasurer for a Rocky Point, Mexico-based homeowner’s association. The connexion is called Cholla Bay HOA. It is known in Spanish people as Asociacion De Regularizacion De Vecinos De La Cholla. She stole money from the Cholla Bay HOA, Brnovich said, and so allegedly forged the Cholla Bay HOA’s financial statements.