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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Las Vegas' "Beef, Booze, and Broads" restuarant turns tables on female scammers
2013-01-06
Four women had a grand time dining on steak and potatoes and sipping drinks Wednesday night at OscarÂ’s in the Plaza at the far west end of Fremont Street. Three of them appeared to be playing the parts of grandmother, mother and granddaughter, all of them wealthy and from Beverly Hills.
Wonder how many other places they'd pulled this on.
Michael Cornthwaite, who co-owns the restaurant with former Mayor Oscar Goodman, was in the back when a waiter came back holding a plate and forkful of potato – with a dried mealworm on top. One of the women said she found the worm in her potato.
Dried? Surely the worm wouldn't have dried out on its way from the farm to the table.
Cornthwaite, who also operates the Downtown Cocktail Room, The Beat Coffeehouse & Records, as well as Emergency Arts, has a long history in the service industry. Take the potato off the bill and give them a free dessert, he told the waiter: “I guess it’s not impossible," Cornthwaite reasoned, "potatoes come from the ground and we can’t X-ray them."

Cornthwaite came out and talked to the women, who derided the restaurant, haughtily informing Cornthwaite of their wealth.
I bet this was the funnest part for them.
“We own property in Beverly Hills,” they told him. “It’s not about the money, it’s the principle.”

Cornthwaite sensed something was going on. He told his hostess to call security; the four women suddenly disappeared into the bathroom.
Vegas scammer sense: tingling!
The busser then approached having found a plastic Ziploc bag full of about 100 mealworms under the womenÂ’s table.
Now that is just sloppy, ladies.
They came out saying they would report the restaurant to health inspectors. Cornthwaite offered to call the police, telling them that defrauding a business is a crime. Then he pulled out the bag of mealworms.

They were stunned for a moment, then collected themselves and claimed to have no idea where they came from.
Should have got this part on video.
Not only was he going to insist on payment, Cornthwaite told them, he was adding a 20 percent gratuity. The three women foraged through their purses and came up with a credit card. He also got an ID card to verify that the card wasnÂ’t stolen.
Ha. Should have brought cash, ladies. Now he knows who at least one of you are. Gratting was a nice touch, too. I'd have added more than 20%.
The card said the woman was from Atwater, Calif.
Better known as the middle of nowhere.
Posted by:gromky

#4  Ha ha!! Good on the owner.
Posted by: DarthVader   2013-01-06 14:54  

#3  Bet the family last name was not Duffy.
Posted by: Zenobia Bluetooth1712   2013-01-06 11:16  

#2  Yes, it would be, for everyone now knows the Inuit are incapable of such duplicity.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2013-01-06 10:58  

#1  Would it be impolite for me to ask the ethnic background of this wealthy Beverly Hills 'family'?
Posted by: Raj   2013-01-06 01:51  

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