Theft suspect who posed as casino owner admits to swindling over $1M

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 8:00 PM
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  • Sabrina Schnur , Las Vegas Review-Journal

A man accused of posing as one of the owners of Circa and swindling the casino out of more than $1 million pleaded guilty to theft this week, while Clark County’s top prosecutor said Tuesday that others could be charged in the case.

Erik Gutierrez Martinez, 23, deceived an employee on June 17 into believing she was delivering bags of cash to two men at four different locations on behalf of one of the hotel’s owners, according to an arrest report from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Gutierrez Martinez called the cashier’s cage pretending to be owner Greg Stevens and ordered a supervisor to pay the fire department hundreds of thousands in cash.