Woman steals $ 680,000 for gambling that was never paid out

A woman pleaded guilty to allegations of fraud. after using her position as an account manager at a veterinary clinic to steal around $ 680,000. S.he has spent the money exclusively on a mobile game of chance that could not and could not pay out with real money.

As the ABC Reports, Rachel Naomi Perri, of Tasmania, Australia, appeared in court on Monday facing “25 cases of computer fraud and one case of fraud.” On allegations, in the three years she was employed at the hospital (2016-2019) she made 475 “fraudulent transactions” and stole a total of AUD 940,221 (US $ 680,000).

These transactions were made to aid their gambling addiction Heart of vegas, which, incredibly, was not an online gambling portal that paid out real money, but a video game that simulated real slot machines. It pays its winnings in virtual game currency. That is, no matter how much money Perri spent, Yet how much she had won, she would never see a penny of cash to take out of the game.

Here are the Heart of Vegas terms and conditions listed on the game’s website and store pages:

The games are intended for an adult audience. The games do not offer “real money gambling” or the opportunity to win real money or prizes. Practice or success in social casino gaming does not mean future success in “real money gambling”.

Perri, diagnosed with “Serious Gambling Disorder”” also “fraudulently issued a $ 30,000 credit card in her husband’s name without his knowledge,” additional $ 24,000 Heart of vegas

Debt on the card. The court was told that she had also “taken out multiple credit cards and personal loans” to further compound her losses. She pleaded guilty almost immediately and said she was “waiting for a knock on the door.”

For three years, Perri had gotten through the transactions successfully. IIt wasn’t until she was released in 2019 that the veterinary clinic opened discovered “anomalies” on their bank statements that Perri had money encrypted in “a variety of bank accounts, credit cards and personal loans on their behalf”. She will be sentenced next month.