Vegas cop and wife accused of wild luxury fraud spree stretching into California including $5K Newport Beach haul

A suspended Las Vegas cop and his wife allegedly carried out a credit-card fraud spree across Nevada and California, racking up tens of thousands of dollars in purchases before claiming their cards had been stolen.Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer Antonio Chavez, 28, and his wife, Claudia Guzman-Marquez, 30, are accused of making pricey purchases and then filing false credit-card disputes between May 25 and Aug.3, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.The couple faces charges of theft of more than $25,000 but less than $100,000, burglary of a business, conspiracy to commit burglary and theft, and perjury.“Antonio Chavez and Claudia Guzman have intentionally used their credit cards to purchase expensive items and gift cards in the tens of thousands of dollars,” Detective Theodore Snodgrass wrote in a warrant application obtained by the outlet.“Chavez and Guzman intentionally purchased these items, knowing they would dispute the charges with the credit card companies, claiming that their wallets and purses had been stolen.”Chavez allegedly filed a false police report with the Henderson Police Department to support his claim that his card had been stolen, Snodgrass said.The couple allegedly purchased more than $13,000 worth of gift cards from Town Square Concierge on South Las Vegas Boulevard on May 25 before disputing the charges with Capital One and American Express, according to the arrest report cited by the Review-Journal.Chavez also allegedly disputed an Apple Store transaction worth more than $1,200 after telling the credit card companies that his wallet had been stolen.Investigators noted that Chavez did not dispute charges made in the days before the alleged fraud and waited to report his American Express card stolen to both the company and police.That same day, Guzman-Marquez allegedly made several purchases using Citibank and JPMorgan Chase cards, including two Louis Vuitton transactions totaling more than $11,000, before disputin...