Police in Winona say they’re investigating a tavern’s report that a man made off with pulltab proceeds by impersonating a state gambling inspector.

The man went into Cheater’s Bar on Thursday, Oct. 10, and asked to inspect collections from the game, Deputy Chief Tom Williams said.

A bar employee let the man go through the pulltab boxes. After a while, the man said he had to get something from his vehicle and left, Williams said.

The man never returned. The amount of missing money hasn’t been disclosed.