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Two Aria Resort & Casino<\/a> employees who were sacked for allegedly stealing millions of dollars have taken the Las Vegas gaming property and parent company MGM Resorts International<\/a> to court for wrongful termination.<\/p>\n

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Aria Resort & Casino, pictured above. Two former Aria workers have sued the gaming property and MGM Resorts for wrongful termination. (Image: Kayak)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erendira Dominguez and Allison Lopez deny they stole the money and filed the legal action in Las Vegas federal court on Monday.<\/p>\n

In the lawsuit, the pair claim they were discriminated<\/a> against due to their gender and Hispanic heritage. They also allege they suffered \u201cmental anguish, emotional distress, pain and suffering, humiliation, [and] harm to reputation,\u201d because of the actions by their employer.<\/p>\n

Baseless Speculation<\/h2>\n

The two started working at the Aria in 2009. On Aug. 30, 2023, both were suspended from their jobs before being fired<\/a> in December 2023. Dominguez was a coordinator and Lopez was a manager in Aria’s marketing department.<\/p>\n

Between 2021 and 2023 their jobs had them book hotel rooms for Las Vegas Golf Adventures, which provides golf packages for guests staying at the hotel, the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

In 2023, a new vice president of national marketing at the Aria claimed that Lopez had been booking rooms for her personal use. It was estimated that \u201cmillions of dollars\u201d was unaccounted for, the report revealed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The lawsuit filed by Lopez and Dominguez calls the claims baseless speculation, the Review-Journal<\/em> reported. The pair contend they didn\u2019t have access to the relevant company account and were unable to withdraw money or transfer funds from that account.<\/p>\n

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MGM Resorts and the Aria were \u201cunable to determine\u201d what happened to the missing money, according to the legal action and neither woman was ever charged by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department<\/a> (LVMPD).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In their lawsuit, both Lopez and Dominguez are seeking compensatory and punitive damages, as well as lost wages. Beyond that, they claim the false allegations have hurt their reputations and they are now \u201cblacklisted\u201d from getting another job in the casino sector.<\/p>\n

Adverse Treatment<\/h2>\n

In their jobs, the two women reported to senior executives at the Aria. The senior executives were men, none of whom were suspended, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Only the Hispanic female plaintiffs had to endure that adverse treatment,\u201d the lawsuit stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One male executive eventually was reassigned to an MGM Resorts property in Ohio, the report revealed. A second male executive quit his job and was given severance pay.<\/p>\n

A trial date for the lawsuit has yet to be set. The two women have asked for a jury to hear the case.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Casino.org<\/em> reached out to MGM Resorts for a statement on the lawsuit. A company spokesperson said MGM had no comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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