LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A Las Vegas man is accused of stealing money while pretending to work as an investigator. Metro police arrested Louis Colagiovanni on Thursday for a felony theft charge.

Colagiovanni accepted $69,320 between July 2024 and November 2024 in exchange for private investigator work, although he is not a licensed investigator, according to an arrest report.

The alleged victim hired Colagiovanni to get to the bottom of a business deal gone bad. The alleged victim expected Colagiovanni to conduct surveillance and find out what happened to $185,000 he had wired for an investment, the arrest warrant said.

The alleged victim had been introduced to Colagiovanni after reporting the investment fraud to law enforcement, police said.

"Colagiovanni represented himself as a journalis

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