State AG: Watch for COVID scammers
The state’s top law enforcement officer is warning of Covid-19-related scams that are targeting Nevada residents.
Aaron Ford, the state attorney general, said Thursday that his office has been educating consumers by hosting virtual town halls over the past several months on COVID-19 scams.
“Schemes aimed at stealing stimulus money were among the first wave of Covid-related scams we began to see,” Ford said. Now, the agency is handling an uptick in pandemic-related jobless fraud cases.
Though the state’s unemployment rate has tumbled from its peak of 33 percent in April, Ford said, “fraudsters continue to act and operate.”
“Sadly, many Nevadans may never know that false or fraudulent unemployment claims were filed in their name,” said Ford, adding that the state employment agency is working with law enforcement and banks to prevent fraudsters from accessing illegally gained money.
the decades printed inside the elevators. A casino carpet inspired by prints from the 1970s.
O’keefe also pointed out the rotating murals behind the property’s front desk. Every three minutes, viewers will see either a still life of gaming paraphernalia, a portrait of Vegas Vickie or a montage piece that combines images of 1930s Fremont Street and Fremont Street today.
“(It’s) a blend of the old and new,” she said.
There’s also a tile mural behind the Fremont Street entrance. The piece uses custom tiles from a Detroit-based company — the hometown of co-owners Derek and Greg Stevens — and was inspired by other tile murals downtown, including the Four Queens’.
“It’s a beautiful piece … (with) highlights of the past, unique tile installations that you see downtown,”
she said.
One of the design elements hardest to miss is Vegas Vickie, the renovated neon kicking cowgirl. O’keefe described her as “larger than life.”
The design team had long discussions on where to place her in the property and debated having her inside at all. Now, Vickie’s found a place to kick back — literally — near the property’s casino.
“There was a cohesion because she’s this vintage sign in this new, shiny casino,” O’keefe said. “Her being here as a backdrop to the main entrance and above Barry’s (Downtown Prime steakhouse) and being able to see her from the second level, it all culminated and came together really nicely.”
O’keefe has worked with Circa co-owners, brothers Derek and Greg Stevens, for roughly 10 years, and had her hands in the brothers’ renovation of the Golden Gate and the D Las Vegas’ design.
“It was just really important that we pay homage to everything that came before us (with Circa),” she said. “Downtown Las Vegas is unique. … It was important to create a space that people from the Strip would want to come to, and then also obviously people that are already downtown fans would also appreciate.”