money laundering

Las Vegas hotel manager allegedly stole almost $800k with refund scam

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Brandon Rashaad Johnson, a 38-year-old former hotel operations manager at the Aria Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, has been arrested on multiple charges including theft and money laundering. Johnson is accused of embezzling over $773,000 from the hotel between July 2022 and July 2023. His arrest came on September 1, following an investigation sparked by a coworker’s suspicions. Johnson’s lifestyle changes raised eyebrows among his colleagues, leading one observant coworker to delve …

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Pennsylvania man convicted of torturing employee and running illegal operation

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Ross Roggio, a 54-year-old man from Pennsylvania, has been convicted of multiple crimes linked to running an unlawful weapons manufacturing unit in Iraq. A federal jury handed down the conviction on May 19, with the Department of Justice subsequently publicizing the trial’s conclusion. Roggio was active in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, where he was implicated in the creation of a weapons manufacturing plant. He imparted training to individuals there on the assembly, operation, and …

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