Three years since scammers started targeting casino cages nationwide to steal millions of dollars, law-enforcement officers say criminals continue to try to take advantage of confused casino workers.
Jeremy Wolff, agent in charge for the Colorado Gaming Division’s Central City and Black Hawk field office, told a surprised audience at the World Game Protection Conference in Las Vegas that the scams haven’t stopped. Wolff appeared in a panel discussion with Marc Evans, a cybercrimes and fraud detective in Las Vegas and founder of a company that provides training and education to financial institutions, law enforcement, and senior communities. He echoed Wolff that scam attempts continue today across several business types.
In March 2023, $500,000 was reported stolen from the Monarch Casino in Black Hawk, the largest casino heist in Colorado history. In that scam, a casino cashier took 10 bricks of $50,000 from the vault and delivered the money to someone in a hospital parking lot. The cage employee told authorities the money needed to be taken to an attorney or the casino would breach its contract. The perpetrator was arrested…