Las Vegas (Klas) – a man from Henderson has been accused of abducting the owner of a construction company after an investigation into IRS revealed that his wife has supposedly assigned $ 20 million, according to an arrest report.
The 42 -year -old William Costa of Henderson is against allegations of abduction, coercion with the use of force, blackmail, a major theft of a motor vehicle, and the discouragement of someone to report a crime, records show.
In the last months of 2024, IRS opened a case with Larry Gilmore, Gilmore Construction LLC, and has determined that its accountant Cynthia Marabella has stolen $ 20 million from the business for seven years, according to documents.
On February 20, around 8:30 am, Gilmore drove to his office when he saw a purple Lamborghini at the intersection of Dean Martin Drive and Avenue Star. Earlier, IRS told him that Marabel had purchased a purple Lamborghini with stolen funds from his company, police said.
As he was looking at Lamborghini, a black suburban Gilmore. He came out of his vehicle to expect the damage and began talking to an unknown man. The two men took pictures of the damage and while Gilmore went to take a picture of the rear signboard, he noticed that there was no one, the report said.
He was then immediately shown pictures of his wife and children on the phone of the man until he told him, “Do you know what Larry is” and “get in the car.” Then two men came out of the suburbs and pushed it into the vehicle, where they checked it for a weapon, took their phone and Apple Watch, put them in a signal block, tied their wrists and put a bag over their heads, according to police.
One of the men took his keys and chased away Gilmore’s car, the report said.
The men then took Gilmore about 10 minutes to an unknown place and placed it in a large raised black truck before taking it to another unknown place in the desert. There, the men put Gilmore on their knees with a gun in the back of the head. When they took off the hood, he saw Costa, the husband of Marabel, whom he had known for about 12 years, and two other unknown men, police said.
Costa told Gilmore to stand up and walk with him. The men entered the desert and continued to have a one -hour conversation, during which Costa gave Gilmore two options. Or Gilmore helps to give up fees against Marabella by telling IRS that money is a gift or investment for a business or Costa will kill the whole Gilmore family, leaving him and his father alive so that they can witness the killings, according to the arrest report.
Gilmore told Costa that he did not know about the case until the IRS contacted him. He became pleaded with Costa, who agreed to let Gilmore talk to his father and business partner to “correct” the question. Costa told Gilmore that if he was able to cancel the allegations, he would be forever obliged and would try to pay some of the stolen money, according to police.
Then the two men went back to the truck, where Gilmore was told not to look at anyone and was not concerned again. Gilmore recognized the area as south of Las Vegas near Sloan, the report said.
The men drove Gilmore to the resort and the casino where his car was abandoned. They gave him his phone and look back and he got in his car and left.
Gilmore said he was scared of the safety of his family’s life and his life, so he hesitated to report the abduction of the police. He later decided to report the incident and showed minor injuries to his wrist and knees, tailored to the zipper rotation and pushed to the ground. Gilmore also had injuries to the ribs that are in line with the impact, police said.
On February 21, around 3:50, the police went to Costa’s home and called him outside the residence. Initially, Costa refused to leave home, but later complied and was arrested.
He had to appear in court on March 12 and remained in custody on Wednesday on a $ 1.5 million bail.
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