DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A repeat of the Las Vegas massacre was threatened by a Midtown man who thought a company had stiffed him out of $100, prosectors said Wednesday.

Victor Casillas, 34, sent a Denver-based retail review company threatening emails promising to shoot and decapitate employees between Sept. 26 and Oct. 4, just days after 58 people were gunned down and killed at a Las Vegas country music festival, according to federal prosecutors in Brooklyn. "Get ready for a Las Vegas repeat," he wrote.

"Please tell loved ones to start picking out a nice beautiful casket and plan a decent funeral." The company — which promotes various retailers online and rewards user referrals with cash — had shut down Casillas' numerous accounts on Sept. 26 after discovering he'd made fake referrals to generate bonuses, according to a complaint filed in Brooklyn Federal Court on Oct. 6.

(For more Brooklyn Heights news, subscribe to Patch to get a daily newsletter and breaking news alerts.) Casillas responded to the news that he would not receive his cash with a slew of threatening emails, sent over the course of eight days, said prosecutors.



"Ive arrived in Denver," Casillas wrote in an email on Sept. 27 with an attached photo of two MAC-11 submachine guns. "I hope you clearly understand if the law dont get you...I will!!!!"

A day later, Casillo sent an email that named seven company employees — one suffixed with the word "decapitation" — and wrote they would be "Top targets for sniper."

"Co workers are laying in their casket all for a petty $100 . . . Hope it is worth it . . .P.S. see you guys soon!" he wrote, according to prosecutors. Finally, just three days after Stephen Paddock murdered 58 people and wounded hundreds of concertgoers in Las Vegas, Casillas threatened the company with a mass shooting.