A Las Vegas couple was arrested final Friday for allegedly stealing $650,000 in money and chips from a on line casino within the close by metropolis of Primm, Nevada, a small city situated about 45 miles south of Las Vegas close to the border with California.
Police allege {that a} day earlier, Lydia Salmen, 70, and her husband John Salmen, 63, stole the funds from an unmanned cashier’s cage on the Primm Valley Casino and Hotel.
The heist methodology? Lydia Salmen allegedly simply jumped over-the-counter to gather the loot.
Security Footage Leads To Arrest
Video surveillance from the theft in addition to footage from a month earlier was used to establish the couple, based on stories. Both had been arrested and charged with housebreaking of a enterprise and theft higher than $100,000 and are being held within the Clark County Detention Center. Both refused to talk to police and requested for an lawyer after being taken into custody.
“Approximately $625,569.47 in cash, $27,000 in chips, and coins were recovered from the couple’s residence,” KVVU reported.
Police famous in an arrest report that the couple could have been motivated to steal the funds to “pay for medication and/or bills that were beginning to rack up.”
Other Recent Casino Thefts
Attempts to steal from Las Vegas casinos are nothing new. In November 2023, Erik Gutierrez Martinez pleaded responsible to 1 rely of theft of greater than $100,000 after trying to rip-off Circa Casino out of greater than $1 million. After his arrest greater than $300,000 remained unaccounted for.
In September 2023, a lodge operations supervisor on the Aria was charged with stealing greater than $770,000 from the on line casino from July 2022 to July 2023. Police mentioned Brandon Rashaad Johnson issued tons of of fraudulent refunds to his personal debit card and used a few of these funds for Louis Vuitton and Versace buying sprees, using non-public jets, spa visits, buying a house, and extra.
