Woman Steals $680,000 To Spend On Gambling Game That Never Paid Out

She has plead guilty to '25 counts of computer-related fraud and one count of fraud'

A woman has plead guilty to fraud charges, after using her position as the accounts manager at a veterinary hospital to steal around $680,000. She spent the money entirely on a mobile gambling game that did not and could not ever pay out with real cash.

As the ABC reports, Rachel Naomi Perri, from Tasmania, Australia, appeared in court on Monday facing “25 counts of computer-related fraud and one count of fraud,” over allegations she made 475 “fraudulent transactions” during the three years she was employed at the hospital (2016-2019), stealing a total of AUD$940,221 (USD$680,000).

Those transactions were made to support her addiction to the gambling game Heart of Vegas, which incredibly was not an online gambling portal paying out real cash, but a video game that simulated real slot machines. It paid out its winnings in virtual, in-game currency. Meaning that no matter how much money Perri spent, nor how much she won, she would never see a cent of actual cash she could withdraw from the game.

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