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Metro Police Expanding Investigation Into LVCVA Airline Gift Card Scandal

Under Clark County grand jury subpoenas, Las Vegas Metro Police are expanding an investigation of $90,000 in Southwest Airlines gift cards the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority bought in secret. 

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports Metro Police detectives have obtained records in recent weeks from the airline as well as the accounting firm that conducted an audit finding a $50,000 discrepancy in available gift card funds. 

The audit coincided with investigative reports from the Review-Journal scrutinizing the authority’s spending

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