A woman was taken into custody earlier this month on suspicion of involvement in a scheme to steal $750,000 from Sam’s Town last summer.
Someone posing as a casino employee persuaded a cashier’s cage supervisor to drive a box with the cash to 36-year-old Rosa Barria at a restaurant at around 3 a.m. June 8, 2023, according to a Metropolitan Police Department arrest report.
Barria, who told police a man paid her $300 to pick up the box and that she didn’t know what was in the box until after picking it up, was arrested Aug. 2 on suspicion of felony theft.
Around 1 a.m. on the day of the theft, the cage supervisor received a call on one of the casino’s landline phones from someone claiming to be the IT director at Sam’s Town, according to Metro’s report.
