Former Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Rossi Ralenkotter struck a plea deal Monday in the high-profile criminal case tied to the misuse of Southwest Airlines gift cards bought by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. (MIchael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford discusses legal issues related to coronavirus (COVID-19), including consumer protection, fraud, misrepresentation and patient privacy laws. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Authority CEO Rossi Ralenkotter appeared in Justice Court to face felony charges in the alleged theft of Southwest Airlines gift cards. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Former Nevada Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge Monday, less than a week after resigning from his post. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)
Property developer Andy Pham demonstrates how to use the secretary of state’s SilverFlume website to take over a Nevada company.
Property developer Andy Pham tells how control of his business was easily seized by another person using the secretary of state website.
Former Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow pleaded guilty to a felony wire fraud charge for misusing campaign funds in 2015 Barlow admitted in federal court to using campaign funds for personal use during his 2015 re-election campaign FBI agents raided Barlow’s home and issued subpoenas for financial records, including dealings with political consultant Roxann McCoy Barlow’s campaign paid McCoy and Aspire Consulting Group roughly $30,000 in 2015 U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon scheduled Barlow’s sentencing for May 31 Barlow has agreed to pay about $66,000 in restitution and could face prison time
Former Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow pleaded guilty to a felony wire fraud charge for misusing campaign funds in 2015 Barlow admitted in federal court to using campaign funds for personal use during his 2015 re-election campaign FBI agents raided Barlow’s home and issued subpoenas for financial records, including dealings with political consultant Roxann McCoy Barlow’s campaign paid McCoy and Aspire Consulting Group roughly $30,000 in 2015 U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon scheduled Barlow’s sentencing for May 31 Barlow has agreed to pay about $66,000 in restitution and could face prison time
24 people face fraud charges in a Las Vegas car crash scheme. The crashes would happen in the east valley, most on Nellis Boulevard. The scheme typically involved two cars that would brake suddenly, causing a victim behind them to rear-end the second car. One defendant, Julio Caesar Gonzalez, allegedly drove in 17 of the staged crashes. Another defendant, Edgar Betancourt Preval, is a local dentist. At least one crash sent an elderly couple to a hospital; in another, an 11-year-old child was inside the targeted vehicle. As of Monday morning, 10 people had been arrested.
