Metro investigators looked into Johnson’s bank accounts. Johnson is alleged to have started out slowly, processing two fraudulent refunds in July 2022 and gradually ramping up that total this year to 23 in March and 37 in July. Now, Johnson faces multiple counts of theft and money laundering after the Metropolitan Police Department said he stole over $773,000 from the Aria between July 2022 and July 2023.Īccording to the Metro arrest report, Johnson issued 209 fraudulent refunds back to a single Chase debit card, with the money going into a checking account. Curious, the co-worker said he looked into Johnson’s work transactions and discovered something unusual.
Johnson had never mentioned being a chef.
The co-worker, whose name was redacted from the report released to the Review-Journal, had never seen Johnson cook. Johnson said he had been working as a private chef for rich clients, the co-worker said in an interview with police. Suddenly Brandon Rashaad Johnson was buying expensive things, according to an arrest report.Ī co-worker asked how Johnson, a hotel operations manager at the Aria, was able to afford it all. Brandon Rashaad Johnson is accused of stealing over $773,000 from the Aria, where he had worked as a hotel operations manager.
