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ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL, EMPLOYEE FRAUD CAPITAL
Million Dollar Lessons from Casino Employee Fraud in Las
VegasBy Ralph Villanueva MBA CPA CIA
CFE
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LAS VEGAS
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The Entertainment Capital of the World
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The metropolis of slot machines
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The mecca of baccarat lovers
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The oasis of race and sports aficionados
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Monthly bets on a
• Baccarat table = $3,405,000• Twenty one table = $ 434,000• 25 cent slot machine = $ 47,700• Horse race = $ 404,000• Basketball = $ 3,147,000• American football = $ 1,570,000• Baseball = $600,600
From Nevada Gaming Board 2011 report
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HOW MUCH IS LOST TO EMPLOYEE THEFT?
6% Total gaming
revenue in Nevada for 2011
$10.7 BILLION ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL, EMPLOYEE FRAUD CAPITAL
Million Dollar Lessons from Casino Employee Fraud in Las Vegas
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Some of the reasons for that missing 6%
• Sports book theft = $500,000• Soft count theft = $800,000• Player card point fraud =
$800,000• Slot machine fraud = $1,000,000
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But first, a quick tour of some of the gaming area – race and sports
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Slot machine area
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Table Games Area
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And now, a quick tour of the soft count room
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But don’t forget that everyone is always under surveillance
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Now time to talk about casino internal controls
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• MICS or Minimum Internal Controls• Mandated by the Nevada Gaming
Control Board• Spans 11 gaming areas from Bingo to
Slots• 1,081 MICS regulations• 181 pages • 1 objective
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Some aspects of the MICS
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• Documentation • Specify responsibility for each aspect of casino
operation• Segregation of duties• Adequate supervision• Management controls• Hardware and software security
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Basic Internal Control Concepts
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• Directive• Preventive• Detective
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Risk Intelligence Pyramid
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From Deloitte LLC
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But why did these frauds still happen?
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The Fraud Triangle
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From ACFE
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Sports Book Theft for $500,000
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• When: 1992• Where: Star Dust• Who: Trusted Race and Sports
employee Bill Brennan• How: Stuffed cash and
chips in rucksack
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Soft Count Theft for $800,000
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• When: March 2009• Where: Hard Rock• Who: Trusted Count Staff Jhirmal
Earl Winfield and Sammy Sampson• How: Stole cash from drop boxes
before counting
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Player Card Point Fraud for $800,000
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• When: July 2009 to July 2010• Where: MGM • Who: Trusted Player club Officer Tony
Ahn and 4 accomplices• How: Transferred unused free play
points to bogus player cards• How: Accomplices used
bogus player cards to get cash
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Slot Machine Fraud for $1,000,000
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• When: September 2006• Where: Orleans • Who: Four trusted Slot Technicians led
by Seferino Romero and 2 accomplices• How: Printed bogus slot machine
tickets and accomplices cashed
out bogus tickets
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Contributing factors
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• Human factor• Too much trust• Lack of adequate supervision• Lack of segregation of duties• Absence of internal controls• MICS not strictly observed• Less employees doing more work
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Contributing factors
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Economic factors such as Las Vegas unemployment
13.4%15.3%
4.5%
2011 2010 2007
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Contributing factors
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Lower visitor arrivals and gaming revenues
38.9M
2011 2007
$9.2B39.2M
$10.9B
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Contributing factors
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Dominant industry is still tourism
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Relevance to non-gaming or non-gambling industries
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Relevance to non-gaming or non-gambling industries
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• Sports book theft = asset misappropriation such as theft of cash receipts or inventory
• Soft count theft = asset misappropriation such as cash larceny, skimming or write-off schemes
• Player card fraud = conflicts of interest
• Slot machine fraud = conflicts of interest
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Per 2012 Global Fraud Study on Occupational Fraud
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• 5% = revenue lost each year• $140,000 = median loss • $1,000,000 = loss in 20% of occupational fraud• 87% = lost due to asset misappropriation schemes• $573,000 = fraud committed by executives• $180,000 = fraud committed by managers• 77% = percentage of fraud by employees in
accounting, operations, sales, upper management, customer service and purchasing
• 18 months = before fraud is detected
From ACFE or Association of Certified Fraud Examiner’
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Some hard lessons from casino employee fraud
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• Never trust so much• Segregation of duties• Risk management policies and internal controls• Know your employees, co-workers or new hire• Use the Fraud Triangle• Take note of economic conditions• Common sense
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About the speaker
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Ralph Villanueva is a Certified Public Accountant (PH), Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner with over 20 years’ professional experience in accounting, auditing, financial management and fraud examination in the US, Philippines and other Asia-Pacific countries. He is currently an IT Security and Compliance Analyst at The LVH–Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (formerly the Las Vegas Hilton) and an officer of PICPA International and the Las Vegas chapters of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Institute of Management Accountants and Institute of Internal Auditors. Ralph is also a Competent Communicator and public speaker with the Las Vegas Toastmasters Club.