A management employee at Aria hotel on the Las Vegas Strip is facing 15 charges after allegedly stealing more than $770K by creating fraudulent hotel reservation refunds that were put on his credit card.
Brandon Rashaad Johnson, 38, a hotel operations manager since 2013 for the MGM Resorts International property used the stolen funds to live a lavish lifestyle which included shopping at Louis Vuitton and Versace, flying on private jets, doing spa visits, going to shows and even purchasing a home, according to his arrest report.
In early July 2023, the report states another hotel manager became suspicious of Johnson due to the expensive items he was purchasing and suspected he might be making fraudulent reservation refunds to his own credit card.
