probably makes me look bad and makes me look that I steal things but I don't okay can you tell me what's been going on B employees are the last people you'd suspect of stealing but some just can't resist the temptation I noticed on camera that you were uh responsible for going from register to register and taking the money out of the drawers I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry please please please please stop we're done playing games we're done playing games there any way we can do anything without me going to jail here are the times when dumb employees think they can steal without getting caught starting with the employee resorted to fake tears after being caught scamming her boss out of $33,000 I pay the money back please I can't go to J off my everything I can make payments I can do a pay please up to they sa about 31 almost $3,100 in items on the 1st of October 2023 police officers responded to a fraud scheme at a local Burlington Coat Factory turned out that one of their employees had been stealing from the store the suspect a cashier would select multiple clothing items during her breaks when she returned to the register she would ring up the items as if making a legitimate purchase but suspend the transaction just before the payment was processed making it appear as though the items were paid for she also recruited other employees to join in the scheme although her scheme appeared foolproof she had no idea that it was doomed from the start she was always the cashier like she was always giv them the stuff for free you know the other associates I haven't found any were there foring her up she's just she's just a cashier so she's really committed to like $3,000 which is about what I came up with um so minimum of $3,000 she allowed to leave the store by not properly ring here to talk to you all right Deputy Frankie with the Sheriff's Office well you unfortunately there's no choice you're going today can I pay the money back please I can't go to J off my grandma everything I can't do the jail you got $3,100 I can p payments I can do something that's that's not on my hands that's on them but they want right now they're Prosecuting I knoww I I go with the I can't I can't go to jail I really can't go to jail I'm single I I can make payments I can do a payment plan please just to them I can't go to ja right and I and I did I know I know I did they you know pleas can you call back talk to them and explain to them I can't go to jail I will call him back but I don't you know I don't know it's going to talk to him I can't go to jail I can't I can't I will I will I will call him but just talk to this guy well first we're going to talk then we'll go from there first and just but I will go step out and call said I did tell him all that ahead of time you I canay I do anything I was wrong please don't take me to jail okay please we'll talk to this guy all right once the suspect realized they had no choice but to go to jail the Waterworks began all right so I'm going to read you Miranda cuz we are going to talk so just make sure you acknowledge everything that I say all right you have the right to and not answer any questions do you understand yes any statement must be freely and voluntarily given do do you understand I just need a yes for now okay you have a right to attorney of your choice or a court appoint attorney before you make any statement or any question do you understand yes I can make no promise to do you to make a statement this must been your own free will do you understand any statement can and will be used against you in a court of law do you understand your rights so far yes okay do you want to speak to me what happen cuz we got a lot of stuff here so would you like to talk to me about what's going on or hello was wrong I'm sorry I was wrong okay well I mean I know I know you're you've spontaneously Ed that a few times what I'm getting at is okay so we have all these transactions that were not rung up okay you with me so far yes and some of these were for employees that work here correct okay so do you want to explain like like we have one that's on layway like what happened what happened here I mean were you ringing were did you ring it up and just let them walk out and not pay for the product is that what's happening you and he's in the call corporate so nothing's official yet but we are going to talk cuz good Lu so they' got you they say about 31 almost $3,100 in items so far but like I I don't even know half of them people I told it might was a mistake for some of them but they saying that thece receipt came out after they put they card there and the receipt came I didn't know if I suspend it and not I just explain that to some of them people I don't even know oh we explain I don't understand what you mean by suspend that's what I don't understand what does that mean so like this one here has your name right yes so this was a transaction for 13 items on the 20th right so and it says status suspended what does that mean the the the transaction was suspended his story was unbelievable from the stop but she tried to use pity to evade responsibility no it just was I just canel the whole transaction all right so you can't you suspended that transaction right so your your end of the day count is not looking for that money cuz that transaction was suspended correct so we have a total of uh like $103 so did you allow the product to leave the store did you know that this that the that the transaction was suspended yes is that something you the no it's well this is she used one person used the card she put her card in but the receipt still came out he said I put suspended so the receip still came out so he's saying I suspended it and the items didn't leave the store okay so the the the transaction was suspended you knew it was suspended and not this one it's another one that I know was suspended okay so regardless How does it go and suspended is it because the payment wasn't accepted or there was no payment or is it something you have to do you can pess F2 F you can press your number on there and they suspend it okay so that's that's happened and so you knew that this transaction was suspended for whatever reason then you allowed the product to leave I'm sorry not on all of them because the receipt will come out if they put their phone right there it's it won't tell me if you want to pay and just the receipt will come out okay but it does it always have suspended I mean every one of these receipts has suspended on them guess what the system said okay when I also have one here I'm looking for it that was a layaway that they came back in the next day that layway was then cancelled and then the product still left the store so I guess where I'm getting at here is um I mean you knowing allowing the stuff to leave the store correct so so why would you do that I told I Wasing are you getting any Kickback for that are you are they giving you anything for this product or how long you work for Bing I started in March in March yeah however her chances of getting away with it were slim especially since there was video footage of our actions it was that this point that she finally confessed all cuz they also got video which they're going to provide us for all these transactions so I guess another question is how do you pick and choose who are your allowing to leave without paying for product cuz some of these are some of these are Associates that work here two of them are two of them were definitely Associates that we know of um is there something they do that they told you about cuz I mean they coming up to you asking I mean do you know him from like the neighbor I mean how do you know them are they are they didn't work two of them work two one of them I know that works here yeah you know them prior to working here and then they the they tell you that this goes on you ever been arrested before no you ever been in trouble no all right I know he's talking to some people but as of right now if this goes the way it is it's it's a felony you will have to take you if they do decide to prosecute it's up to them they could turn around and be like we'll work something out with you I have no control over that if they do the only thing I would definitely be cognizant of is that this is a felony so they have a certain amount of time that they can report this without any repercussions so if they decide to work out a payment plan which I have no control over at all and you fail on that payment plan they can call us right back and there's without with everything I have here and after speaking with you there's there's without a doubt prob cause for a felony theft of of three grand um so if that's something that they allow to happen again I have no control then it's something that you need to uh stay stay with because there's enough I mean you there's $1,000 it's you could almost be charged with uh um a scheme to defraud if you're working with other people to defraud Burlington that's another charge on top of it's not just a theft of three grand cuz you didn't keep the product you don't have it you allowed it to walk out so there's a charge on the books is called a scheme to defraud which is you're facilitating it and other people are benefiting from it cuz you're not benefiting you didn't get any of the product it's not like it's sitting in the car waiting for you to get out unless you all are taking it and reselling it on the outside I I get it listen times are tough right I I I get it trust me I I I understand that but you also have to understand too that you know you're not talking a couple hundred $3,000 you've been here since March the police gave her a chance to walk out the store without being handcuffed but she couldn't resist trying to play the victim I am going to be cordial and I'm going to respect you we're going to get everything we need from him we're going to walk you out like a like normal you give us any indication that you're not going to cooperate you're going in cuffs you're going to go in cuffs at one point but instead of what they call per walking you to the store and embarrassing you in front of all these people we can do it cordially and then we go outside cuz this isn't going to be you get released or you're you have to go you're going to go to County so you're going to buy that I mean if it was under if it was a misor I could release you on scene I can't this $3,000 I can't do that so you have to um you going to have to see a judge if you ain't got no rec in there what's that got St tonight only if we don't get you down there quick enough yeah I can't I can't undo that but if you got a good record no history you know it might be an RO that's up to the judge um where do you stay at he so guess what I'll take you out there all right because I can take you to Club which means someone got to come all way over here to Coast to get you I can take you out to the Glades which is where we're supposed to take you and then when you get out you're right there all right I'm going to do as best I can as long as you cooperate with us and be cordial then we can work and he's with me we we got we can take care of this but if you start acting up cuffs and all the way through all right's your purse in the Lo all right in her vehicle all right she's got what she wants out of it so if you if you want to go back to the sub with me and help me do the property real quick all right and then we can get her down where we got to go like I said ma'am if you cooperate let's go this route if you don't well you want to leave your stuff in the car to the the bag all right she's going to take a couple items that she need and the rest show us where your car is one of us will take that out there and drop it off once you go to my car we have to go and c and then we'll give you I'll double them up and we'll transport you to our district Pap I go here in Fr this [Music] door what's that it's the Blacky black Chevy Impala all right do you want to get that in the keys this is me right here here we try to make it as comfortable as we can right they ain't built for Comfort hold on we got one we're going to double it up which will give you a little bit more freedom all right in the end the suspect was charged with Grand Theft if you thought that was wild wait until you hear about the fake lawyer who kept depositing fake checks under someone else's name she's not who she says she is they've already blocked the account we confirmed with the client that this is not her do you have your ID with you she has it and what did they give you the check for um I'm a lawyer well I have your driver's LIC in what's your real name on the 14th of June 2023 police officers were called to a bank after a woman pretending to be a lawyer deposited fake checks and withdrew the funds as soon as they cleared but before everything cops first interrogated employees who gave them an insight into her activities she's been coming into branches for the last last few weeks taking money yesterday we got a call from back office she's not who she says she is they've already blocked the account we've confirmed with the client that this is not her she's taken a lot of money from these people the pretend lawyer was in over a head completely unaware of just how severe the consequences of her actions would be M can I speak to you for a second yeah sure all right um I guess there's what's going on with your account I don't know that's what I'm trying to figure out all right do you have your ID with you she has it she has it all right um what's your name Grace yeah she has all the information okay let's go over to the counter I was going to use the restroom um well give it a second all right okay thank you here let's just go to the counter here could you see that we get her ID I guess there's some confusion about who you are and what your accounts are there should be yeah go outside no no no no here how she right here despite her subtle attempts to leave the officer and the employees were aware of what she was really up to all right now who gave you this check um it's right here okay um what and what did they give you the check for um I'm a lawyer so okay all right so it's for uh Services yes sir all right and you live in Coral Gables right now yes I have an Airbnb that I'm doing in bisaya okay so all right so what does lza Enterprises do it's um one of the um my my clients with the like like what kind of work you what what the what what business are they in um I'm not sure it's my client he wrote the the check okay say he's your client but you don't know business no I'm sorry is a person or actual business no it's a person there [Music] yeah I need to know what's going on I just told your partner so she's been coming into two branches the last few weeks withdrawing money we got a um an email from back office yesterday that this is not the client so so um so this company they said did not issue actual person does not this is not her that's not her we we got emails yesterday from back office that that person has not came into a branch at all right she lives in Coral Gables that's where she does all her banking she does not come to delway so so she's not correct and uh we don't know who she is that's correct I have a client who needs a translator in the lobby I'm not sure what she needs she's sitting down to make matters worse she was depositing fake checks into her victim's bank account and swiftly withdrawing the funds once they cleared the real account holder had already reported the fraud leaving The Suspect with no way to escape the consequences what brought you up here I have an Airbnb that I'm working on in bis oh nice bisa it's far from here isn't it it's bre ATL oh that this guy I was thinking D this guy what did you drive' okay what color is it white let me just check in the I'll be all right the woman refused to make any statements about the incident and was taken to the local jail where detectives attempted to question her all right you said you're a lawyer so I guess understand all right I guess the big question is um while I have your driver license in hand what's your real name that is my name I'll speak to my attorney all right you can do that thank you all right I'm going to place you under ARR yes sir okay down yeah doing trying to I'm just trying to make it comfortable for you if you do it like you're praying it's more comfortable let's gra this one should put these things down first all right I'm placing add for fraud okay all right what we're going to do is I'm going to collect some information hang with her for a second while I get some of the supporting stuff I guess you were here yesterday you withdrew some money okay I'm just going to talk to my attorney all right sounds good okay um he said you read he read you Miranda already do you understand all that um would you like to speak with me for a few minutes no was my attorney okay and you said you did get the real her real name and everything MH okay okay thank you in the end the fake lawyer was charged with fraud and identity theft it turned out she had taken over $50,000 in just a few months from numerous victims she was initially given 9 months of probation but while on probation she committed several other fraud related crimes which eventually led to a federal investigation moving on to the first time employees who just didn't want to work and scammed Walmart out of thousands in a daring attempt to make some quick cash Miranda right now you being detained can you tell me what's been going on still can we just go and okay it's fine turn around on the 18th of October 2022 police received calls from a Walman in Florida about an employee who had been scamming the store out of thousands of dollars each week instead of processing legitimate exchanges the woman was loading the value want to gift cards herself making up to $700 a day she thought she'd never be caught but all that changed when the evidence against her became undeniable when the cops arrived at the store to understand the situation they had to interrogate the store employees but they weren't prepared for the kind of scam that an employee could pull against her own employers hey hey she's in the back okay what's going on uh uh refund fraud she's been uh doing fraudulent returns and loading them to shop cards for herself for how long um I have 30 days wor she had a statement she's about to have her statement we just got her to admit the total that she estimates she estimates over 2,000 uh since July she's been doing these transactions um giving false returns uh she'll basically just hand out merchandise and keep the gift card first now your statement that's only for you and Walmart now it's not for us yeah okay cuz we I have cre Miranda and everything right right right right yeah we just keep that statement on file that's just yeah that's just for you personal for yes so the customer will come in and be like I'm going to return a battery okay uh unknown customer unknown unknown customer now there's two in here that is an accomplice okay but then the unknown customer comes in they'll have a battery and they'll have an old battery okay she'll scan the new battery upload it to a shop card a gift card and then she keeps it and then she just gives the customer the battery customer just leaves so she's giving the merchandise away and she's uploading card for so they're not they're not even paying for it no she's got us like minimum 2,000 we're going to have more she ready when it finally came time to confront the woman the officers weren't prepared for what was about to come hi huh I walk n just keep them out give me the numbers I can call you what you okay I just thought all right listen to me yes sir I'm going to read you something okay okay read your Miranda right now you be in all right you have the right for remain silent anything you can say will be used against you in the court of law you have the right to talk to an attorney or have in present with you before any question if you cannot afford to hire an attorney one we appointed to represent you at no cost before during before enduring any question if you wish you can decide at any time to exercise these rights to not answer any questions or make any statements do you understand these these rights if I explain them to you yes sir uh would you like do you having these right in mind do you wish to talk to me now huh okay can you tell me what's been going on still stealing okay how long has this been going on dates time frame you know two months last month three months well like around like July no just like I I don't know what exact day but like July okay um what how is has it been going on how how have you been doing this with gift cards huh with gift cards with gift cards so customer come in and how how how would you do it how would you do the transaction basically like say that they come up and they have like a battery or something uhhuh like that like a car battery yeah you do like the exchange you do Exchange yeah and then when you like you swipe the card you swipe a gift card mhm are they paying for the battery no um they're for exchange oh that's for exchange so they're bringing the old battery in and getting a new battery basically yeah so they're not paying for the new battery you don't you don't do that they just exchange only oh exchange only so they're coming in with a bad battery to exchange it for a new battery is the battery under warranty can I can I just ask you something either way right now you're going to take me okay so can we just can we just go in okay it's fine turn around take that thing off your is please we're going to proceed with trespass as well do not come back to this ever again or any heart cons no that's she had no choice but to surrender and it was then that she embarrassingly had to walk out of the store put your hands like you're praying because it'll be easier for you cuz I'm going to go through everything in here this is yours or is this Walmart this mine and then that's my good that's my wig card my pool St my ID that's that's my is there anything in this thing that does not have your name on it yeah of course huh yeah everything has your name on it no no no some stuff do not that's what I'm asking no I say yeah a credit you a lot of Walmart here Walmart gift cards bunch of them shop cards and make sure no credit cards have someone else's name on they all Walmart cards are they hers are the ones that she loaded the yeah they money you can throw them away they they basically they seen the ones on my um thing already okay anything I'm not going to go through it but you know it's just that right there that yeah those two little RS nothing nothing in that pocket okay all right it's okay oh you walk me through the floor want to walk me right through the store the only way out there ain't no back door you do oh you lying to me cuz that to it this is your this is your store yeah she walking right there just like all the bad people all the what people all the bad people been here this week all week all right your front office yeah okay yeah but I never came back there I used to deal with Scott in here oh Scott yep good guy job though yeah I know okay you the front yeah I know I'm just trying to get my bearing in this side this store you never been you've been been a long time follow this way we going to walk through the middle of the store yeah through the middle abely right through the middle either way you got to pass that way this way right there here yeah where see the back in the end the suspect was charged with theft and fraud and she was also trespassed from the store it was discovered that she had defrauded Walmart for over $35,000 next up is the manager who tried to play the victim after swiping $1,000 from the gas station where she worked claiming the money had been stolen from her instead my credit card was gone the deposit was gone so someone was obviously in my car did you make a report no I did not husband in the hospital and a child at home and I'm their Sole Provider is there any way we can do anything without me going to jail on the 28th of February 2023 officers responded to a call from the lead manager of a local Murphy USA gas station reporting a $112,000 shortfall for the month initially suspected to be a robbery the audit later uncovered a more troubling reality another manager responsible for securing the safe had been embezzling thousands of dollars when officers arrived the lead manager revealed the full story we were at a meeting last week and she comes up and says hey I processed the deposit but I forgot to take it to the bank I called my supervisor and she says she can't find it so I said okay well let's dig into it let's look at the cameras well the cameras just happen to be down not of they're doing well yeah just it just it was there was a the tech actually scre it up just happened to be there of course that yeah that that one day yep so I go she we're at this meeting together in Savannah I talked to her she's like no I did it but I didn't put it back in the safe like I'm supposed to I just shov it in this backpack that we use on top I go well okay so I interview her other employees that were here that do over the phone they're like hey we didn't do it well we get a report from our office saying hey the previous day has got to the bank in either okay so I come up there with the DM and we start talking to her and she finally confesses hey I stole the deposit but I used it to pay back another deposit I lost 5 weeks ago the suspect was eventually apprehended but not before she tried to deflect blame and convince the officers that she didn't deserve jail time hello M Jones my name is Officer Hansen um I'm assuming you know why I'm here I would have made different Arrangements that's why I asked I'm going to read you something okay doesn't mean anything but I just have to ask you some questions okay so you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law you have the right to a lawyer and have him present with you while you're being questioned if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish you can decide at any time to execute these rights and not make any statements or answer any questions do you understand the rights as I have explained them yes I do okay having them in mind you want to talk to me so what happened with the deposits just tell me I will tell you exactly what happened give me yes give me your approximately 5 to 6 weeks ago my husband was taken to the hospital via ambulance and having a stroke like you ped okay so I panicked what I left from here I left with the deposit in the bag like I always do with my intention of stopping at the bank putting it in the night drop and going straight to the hospital okay instead I drove straight to the hospital cuz I was not focusing on anything okay I was there for seven or eight hours it was almost midnight when I went to come home my little thing on my car on the inside of my car where I keep like my ID my have a card and all that stuff was open I didn't think anything of it shut it went home slept for 3 and 1/2 hours and was back here at 4: the next day to open up like I do every day okay did everything like normal went to the bank and ask for the receipt from the night drop for the deposit they did not have one and that's when I started to panic my debit card was gone my credit card was gone the deposit was gone so someone was obviously my car okay what hospital did you go to uh not Advent the one oala I'm not from herea Regional yes I didn't park in the parking garage or in the parking lot because where I'm from everything you have to pay for it and I didn't have money to pay for it so I parked on the street gotcha walked about a block to get there didn't think I didn't think anything of it okay and then that's when I started to panic and I'm like I'm going to get ired for this missing I didn't take it you can look at my bank stuff it'll prove I didn't take it I am completely broke it has nothing to do with that I can pay all of my bills and put food on the table and that's it okay there's no I didn't I did not benefit from this in any way shape or form other than keeping my job despite her claims she had never reported the missing money and even accused her co-workers of the theft further complicating the investigation or today's Sunday today's deposit I handed everything I have to him okay did you make a report no I did not about the money missing no I did not because I was afraid I was going to get fired right then and there on the spot I am my family's Sole Provider okay so you didn't make a police report didn't tell your job that you're a car got broken I didn't even tell my husband I didn't tell anyone anything okay do you know approximately how much that deposit was for that day it was between 6 and $ 6,135 for some reason that is staying in my head and I can't I don't know off the top of my head and it also my daughter has gotten me a new phone since then and I can't go back to the exact day so that we can hook it up and I was just using the deposit from the next day to pay for the previous day until I could physically pay the the money back that was taken or missing or however you want to say it to be right with here I didn't want to lose my job because it was me not paying attention to what I was doing on my way to the hospital that caused me to his goal rate this was initially started 5 to six weeks ago yeah all right so you went to the hospital you're there for while came out went home slept for like 3 hours and came back came back to work you asked the bank on that day you remember what day that was you went to the hospital no I don't it's been it's been five or six weeks so I don't I honestly don't know cuz everything was just a complete days I was just straight to the hospital I I understand that like I'm not I know I'm not fting you for for wanting to take care of your husband no no one I know it's not it's my negligence for not calling him immediately when I noticed it was missing for calling the police yeah yeah of course any of that yeah no I mean that's all this can I ask a question I'm going to ask you a question I'm going to be real apped about my question yeah you and I had how many conversations this remember at least three we had three conversations right and all three times remember the question I asked I asked you did you take it he said no it's okay I asked you did Anda take it you said no and I asked you who could have taken it what did you say to me all three times I said I didn't know you said it probably was richer no sir no sir you said I said he's sketchy and he doesn't answer questions well and he lies like a freaking Civ I'm going to back up absolutely if I ask you who you thought could have taken it you said could have been matur no I said I don't know but wouldn't put it past him I did not say he took anything you had three opportunities to say it wasn't my people and you didn't take those opportunities no to adamantly say it was not my people I I didn't I don't remember saying anything that he took anything say and all you said does he lie and I said yes cuz he does I asked you who you thought could have taken it you it definitely not angria she has too much to lose however richer is sketchy and I think the word you used was either grimy or slimy I said sketchy and so you had those opportunities to set it straight I did and you I chose not to because I didn't want to get arrested in front of all of my peers like I am going to now but you pointed me towards one of your people not not knowingly no I did not as the evidence mounted the suspect pleaded with the officers to avoid arrest but it was too late to change the outcome husband in the hospital hospital and a child at home and I'm their Sole Provider I understand but unfortunately any way we can do anything without me going to jail any way of anything I don't care if I sign papers that I'll pay everything back I don't care I don't care I just I really can't go to jail I really can't I did not benefit from this money at all you can look at my fake statements right here on my phone you can look at everything I have not been using this money for anything other than to make the other deposit and it was my mistake that I didn't call and tell someone it's my mistake no I I just can't I can't go to jail I can't said well unfortunately I oh my God I can't I don't have any way of proving any otherwise the money is missing I know that okay I really can't go to jail well unfortunately oh my God that's out of my control out of my hands my husband can't even speak in sentences by himself right now his brain is all up and I have a child I can't that's the only reason why I didn't say anything cuz I didn't want to lose my job because everyone depends on me I'm the only one there's nothing I there's absolutely nothing nothing I can do absolutely nothing I can do no no not at this point so what I can do is I'm going to have to put you in handcuffs oh my God are you kidding me right now well you have you're going in the back of my car I have to but what else can I make a couple of phone calls real quick just because of my husband being I need to tell my family where I am head up and take a right right yes ma'am we can go on the other side that way yeah I'm absolutely scared I understand listen I have never been a rest of before I got to a fight when I was 17 and that was it no I I get it I I completely understand you really didn't think I understand that but unfortunately it I know the money's missing and you were the last one and had you made a report you could have avoided all of this most likely but right now you the last one and just literally scared right now I understand that don't and like I said once I figure out what the the bond looks like I'll let you know I will listen I will give you every piece of information I have for you okay I'm not going to keep anything I'm not going to hide anything I'm I'm going to be upfront with you as much as I can your and explain to her what's going on okay you got it yeah I'll crank up the AC a little bit for you too okay yeah in the end it was revealed that the woman lied completely and came clean for stealing the money she was charged with Grand Theft let's move on to the case of another manager who was busted stealing $2,000 from her job in just one day I noticed on camera that you were uh responsible for going from register to register and taking the money out of the drw you didn't do that okay so why would the video footage show you doing that is there no other Pleasant way to do this like walking out of the store unfortunately no on the 1st of August 2023 officers were called to a Target after a woman who had recently been promoted to a manager position stole money from multiple registers she was responsible for she never thought she'd get caught but with $2,000 missing in a single day the situation proved too obvious and cameras captured her every move police first examined the footage to confirm the suspicions uncovering a trail of evidence that left no doubt about her involvement so we're looking at one SP 20s 50s and 100s or in the last R room a a little bit more video cuz I got the whole process but so you combine the 50s and hundreds and the far right mhm is that how every register is supposed to be that's the standard yeah so what she does is she takes all the money out of the register um and once she has it all out she fans it all out and then you can see the left side which would be the larger bills are cuz she's setting it up that way she'll take a multiple what looks like on the low M to be three okay so we have three now is this common for a cashier to sit here and pull all the money out at the cash register and count it and then typically they should just take it all out bang bang bang bang bang and put it in one of those bags so they're not usually counting it at the reg they count the reg we have a cash office and a machine that counts up okay it was finally time for the office to confront the employee about her theft the confrontation did not go as she had hoped my name's asra Kelly I work for West pal Beach Police Department I'm sure you're aware of why we're here cuz they told me that they had spoken to you about it yeah I okay um but first off before I start I have to read you your rights it doesn't mean you're under arrest it just something I have to do before I ask you any questions okay have you ever heard of the Maranda warnings okay I want to read them to you after each one that I read to you I just need you to give me a verbal yes or no if you understand it if you don't understand it I'll go ahead and explain it to you okay all right you have the right to remain silent not answer any questions you understand that you have the right to the presence of a lawyer of your choice before you make any statement during thetion you understand you cannot afford a lawyer you entitled to the presence of a court appointed lawyer before you make any statement end during any question you understand that any statement can may be used against you in the court of law you understand that any statement you make must be freely and voluntarily given you understand that M at any time during the inter interview you do not wish to answer any questions your privileg remain silent understand it I can make no threats or promises to induce you to make a statement this must be of your own free will you understand that okay I'm just going to have you sign the back of this here this states that I read you your rights and that you understand your rights doesn't say that on there no but you verbally told me I know that that's what the signature is for yeah that is for do not of just stating that all right so as I spoke to your colleagues there um they basically they're accusing you of taking an unknown amount of money at this point um somewhere close to the range of $1,400 do you know anything about this at all okay um how long have you worked here for almost three years okay and you've had no other issues like this within the last three years correct um I noticed on camera that you were uh responsible for going from register to register and taking the money out the drawer is that a common practice of years okay and what is included in that practice what what do you do can you explain to me so I am taking the money from the day out and putting new money for the next day okay and when you take the money out do you count it or anything like that so you just so how would you take it out of the drawer just take it out put in the red or green bag and then put the next bag into the okay so you basically just go from each money slot pull it out place it in a bag don't look at it or anything right right I fix it up if I need to so if it's out of order or something you'll you'll fix it up okay would there be any reason why you roll up money okay so you wouldn't roll it in to any kind of like money roll and put a rubber band over it or anything she didn't put up much of a fight meaning she knew she was guilty the suspect denied all involvement in the theft little did she know that her denials were futile as evidence stacked up against her so when I was watching the video footage it pretty clear that it was that what you were doing is rolling it into a money roll placing a ubber band over it and then placing it on top of the desk why would you be doing that I didn't do that you didn't do that okay so why would the video footage show you doing that you see where I'm at here right I'm watching a video footage that's unedited from the Department Store who has no reason to accuse you of this I don't know if it's unedited but I have never done anything like that okay is there anything else you'd like to add to this okay all right so Mr Janine based off the video evidence and uh the statements made by your co-workers I'm going to be taking you to jail tonight is there anything on your person that might poke or stick me no okay can you stand up for me please what is going to happen with my items uh they're going to go with you to jail okay can you take this jacket off okay thank you and when do I get to speak to aware um that will be after processing so once you get proed into the jail processed into the jail then you'll have an opportunity to call wherever you would like you Jack that's their this is no no that's okay Jack's yours yeah Chris you mind grabbing that yeah I got you is there no other Pleasant way to do this like walking out of the store unfortunately no cuz uh once you're in our custody we have to place your handcuffs in case you try to run away we've had people run away and their heads so it's a liability thing so we have to detain you like this unfortunately and you guys can walk me out of side doors I'm assuming if there is a side door available yeah you can do that so why not however our cars are parked front so I I know you guys know the fire emergency doors or whatever I've actually never them especially we don't know how to get downstairs either are you guys able to walk that's really embarrassing they're going to be embarrassed after they're proven wrong and I'll just walk with you can when of you guys lead us out yeah yeah thank you with no other way out of the store she had to walk the walk of shame and embarrass herself in front of her co-workers hang on mind just leaning against the put you Lo on the left side left side yeah is it because it's caught in your hair band do you think or is it let me take this it's okay all right I'm going to reach around you and I'm going to put the seat Bel on okay actually I'll wait because I have a female officer that's going to come and do a throw search on you um I'm going to drive you to the back over there so we're not doing all this right up in the end the suspect was charged with theft the manager must have been pretty ignorant to believe that she could steal from her employers without getting caught but she was nothing compared to this employee who tried to steal over $20,000 from her employers because she believed that she was underpaid paid I have video surveillance okay about the past couple days while you been working doing these buys I do so much you like your underp yeah probably makes me look bad it makes me look that I steal things but I don't on the 14th of September 2022 police officers were dispatched to investigate an incident involving an employee at Plato's Closet she was accused of stealing over $20,000 from her cash register her bosses were already on to her and communicated with the officers to provide detailed evidence and surveillance footage to solidify the case well how do we prove just because yeah so she gets on the computer it's her number she's the only one that can get in the computer with her number that's why the inventory that's why I told you about that inventory you're willing to do the inventory the other thing is yeah I already talked to my people they said here's the call data scan get it do the inventory she's worri no I I will do it to get my $166,000 back I will do it okay all I got to do is an inventory and merchandise isn't here here and was still in the computer and never sold it's fake it's fake it's fake and that I can do yes we need all that okay what the officers didn't expect was that the suspect had orchestrated an elaborate scheme to pocket thousands of dollars over several months how are you good Deputy ly mind if I talk to you for a few minutes we're going go in the back sure all right I'll let you leave the way to the office [Music] you oh dang I have oh he doesn't that's s you so anytime I talk to anybody I read the Miranda Right okay any time I'm talking to anybody okay so you have the right to remain silent anything you say we held against you a court of law okay you have the right to talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any questions and have him present during any question okay okay if you cannot afford a lawyer one will be appointed to you at no cost okay decid to answer questions out a lawyer president you still have the right to stop at any time request a lawyer to be president all right do you understand those rights yeah okay so I wanted to talk to you cuz I have video surveillance okay about the past couple days while you've been working doing buys yeah okay and you take these buys I see you on camera taking cash putting in your pants do you want to tell me a little bit about that uh yeah um to be honest with you like we're at a we're at a part right now to just fix it so just being honest and helping us do the right thing and figure it out wait does that make sense we've already been looking at this all morning so we're not not here to we're not here to get you to tell us everything we know a lot already so that's why we're just asking for you to be on right so um that's important that's how you fix things I mean especially caming and stuff like that that make sense what I mean so I'm just trying to be hon I'm trying to be helpful because that's where we're at yeah and moving forward that's how you do fix things yeah I just want to fix things I that's that's what we that's what we want to do too and make things right despite being aware of that facts the officers attempted to hear her side of the story however she squandered the opportunity completely um I just been having some stuff that I don't want and uh well majority of it is yeah I shouldn't be taking money from him um for two times I have done that um the other times um no have you brought where is the stuff that you brought in um it's already like out on the floor but it's just been like two purses and a pair of shoes but anything else I he said honesty he's been a big here just cuz I've watched the video surveillance it is you're not bring you're not bringing anything in the store you're not bring well the LA the last like probably like I want to say two weeks ago I have been I I brought in two purses and a pair of shoes but um for the rest of the part the rest of the times I hav't you say only twice is that am I correct only twice you brought in actual merchandise swapped it out yes but the other the rest of the times you have done these transactions you just scam the register yeah to think that there was a buy done yes okay how many times do you think you've done this in the past year um I want to say a lot of the questions youve ask me we already know the answers to so that's how you're yeah I'm I'm trying to think not lie to you guys because that's all we're to do out's figure out and that helps your C say more than 200 times more than 200 yeah I wouldn't say that less than 200 I I don't even think it's 200 times but I'm pretty sure 100 times how about how about this how much money do you think you take about I want to say a th thousand yeah cuz I have all the documentation I have paperwork dating back until January and I see all the and it's totaling way more than $1,000 you're doing a couple hundred you're doing hundred and something dollars a day how much you take today it's like 150 I think is that typically what you're taking a day yeah I would say is it always over 100 yeah and would you say that you've done it at least 20 times so if it's over 100 you've done it maybe 20 times that's 2,000 right there and that's a rough estimate right see what I mean how that adds up so where is this money um I have it you're saving it you have it yeah it seems like she didn't regret her actions if she hadn't been caught she probably would have continued her skape like I should probably work for another job but it's like I feel bad for him like if I do leave and so what do you think what do you think will happen to him and he's sitting here going on now $16,000 no inde it's kind of it's it's not fair I shouldn't I should not be doing that right I take full responsibility and I whatever comes with that and we we appreciate that uh any consequence is this is is this is it because he hasn't paid you have you been paid oh I have I have I have been paid um have you SE before no no I know this makes me look like a stealer like I'm stealing money like I'm that's like the most thing you could probably ever steal from somebody it probably makes me look bad it makes me look that I steal things but I don't this this is why I'm just asking because there could be people who I mean we do this for a living we can read people so you can have somebody who does this on a daily basis and you I know trust me cuz if somebody was in front of me and I'm like well you stole money like we're steal stealing your whole life but but you're having a hard time like I said everybody goes through hardships we do stupid things we make mistakes yes and this is a big mistake right but at least you're owning up to a mistake yes and I I don't want to label it as a mistake CU that's just making me have sympathy myself but I do take full responsibility for whatever can I clarify something you said so now we're up to 10,000 originally we all agreed there's more than that you're saying there's 16,000 F right and where is that at right I have it with me old 16,000 um not yeah where in my bank in your bank yes at this point they had already passed the point of no return no matter how much guilt she expressed expressed she was headed for jail I can give him money that I've taken from him where's that in my bank you've already cashed from this morning you already put in there no where's that I hav where is it still on you where you tuck it on your left side no it's it's in my I feel really bad for doing this where's your purse right now in the back well gu we can go get that we'll all go together I just feel really are you willing to take that money out of your purse to that and I'm willing to give back money that I still want from good it's just I feel really you're really bad I understand you made a mistake it's it's not a mistake no it is it's it's a bad decision and you still made it though and I understand why you feel B like and it's hard because with him for so long I don't want to stab him heck and then another thing I've been having like 10 Dental issues $8,000 I have a assist house like it hurts me a lot and I needed that money like sometimes assists are not good like I don't know what they do to me but they make me tired know sometimes I'm really dizzy like mouth is constantly listen I listen I hear I need that money we we understand why people do things to give it you know but you know we learn from our mistakes we got to make sure we adjust from our mistakes you know you're 22 years old you get there right 21 21 21 going to be 22 yes this year we're going back like how's how long would you say you started doing with this for how long [Music] um I mean since whatever proof you have I mean well you know me I mean I have the proof I want you to be honest with me in tell when how long you think you started doing when was your first one do you think like 8 months ago to a to a year okay so you would you say safe enough to say January probably like one of the first times you probably but like I said there's times where I've actually had items but majority of the time I I I haven't had so out of all those buys from January you would say if I'm correct two times was the only times you actually had merchandise that of your own that you swapped out that I can remember yes yeah at this point everyone was stunned by the amount she had stolen on that day alone all right this is today's buddy love you I was $183 is what she said was was so I want you to go ahead and count that for me Lord oh ho God are you this is today 1 two two three four three one two three I think some of that is my money but 70 374 and how much was stolen in the P how much did you take in the past two days can I talk to him to who Aaron she wants to say something to you she want talk to you $116,000 you RI me off I could be doing good instead taking out a l to survive cuz you stole $166,000 from me since January what did you want to say I'm honestly just so sorry I mean I don't expect you to me I expect you to pay me back oh I I am I I don't expect you to get me I good to you nothing but good to you always treated you is my number one it was nothing against you it was my personal issues it was it was nothing towards you I believe all right I'm going to grab your bag you're you're just going to call me all right okay um do I have to go to the front I'm not going to put you in herec we going to walk out we going to walk out the front door okay okay watch your back in the end the suspect was charged with felony grand theft and now onto the gas station employee whose secret unraveled after she swiped a $25,000 winning lottery ticket do you know anything about lottery tickets yes okay what do you know about them that I work with them there's a bunch missing right now a whole bunch I'm not going to build today I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry please please please please I'm on the 19th of December 2022 police officers responded to a store after the Florida Lottery reported a $25,000 winning tickets sold there one of the employees was suspected of attempting to cash it CCTV footage revealed the clerk's elaborate scheme she had been stealing thousands of dollars worth of tickets and scanning only the bottom portions to check for winners she would then purchase a winning tickets making the transactions appear legitimate after stealing an entire book of scratch off tickets her game was uncovered hey can you come with me real quick I got to talk to you yes what happened I just we got to talk about some St about what about we'll talk about it come on see come here for me quick come just come this way all right come over here against my car all right okay what is this about explain it to you okay just hang out okay just just give me a second okay just let me let me get through the steps and then we're going to go from there okay so I'm going to read you something all right just bear with me a second okay you have the right to main silent do you understand that anything you say can and will be used against you in a court law do you understand that okay do you understand you have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you're being questioned do you understand that yes yes okay if you cannot afford yeah if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer one be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish do you understand that do you understand each of these rights have I explained them to you yes all right having these rights in mind do you want to talk to me about I want to know what it's about all right it's about some lottery tickets okay all right do you know anything about lottery tickets yes okay what do you know about them that I work with them okay what else do you know about them this is I'm I'm giving you a chance to be forthcoming and honest with me so I'm going to give you a chance to tell me what happened and then based on what you say I'm going to tell you what I know okay but I'm giving you a chance to be honest okay that's it okay okay so here yeah there's something happened here about some lottery tickets your name came up I've been doing a lot of research today let's just put it that way okay okay so look I came up here to talk to you so to give you a maybe there's a logical explanation to this I don't know that's why I'm here to give you a chance to explain despite her efforts to appear innocent the officers were fully aware of her scheme she had no Escape can I talk to my boss no not right now okay well I don't know what am I being blamed for stolen Lottery chickens or something do you know anything about any stol lottery tickets not really I mean uhhuh no you working last Thursday last Thursday that have been the 15th 15th I don't I check my my phone is in there I don't know in there you you were here cuz I I saw I I already know you were here last year oh okay well so what I mean I'm just giving you a chance to be upcut just to be up front with me that's all there anything happen to evolving water tickets last3 scbe did you make a mistake yeah I probably but I thought I work that over with what what what mistake did you make well he said that there was a short or something like that a short of what I don't really remember that's no no I'm asking a short loty tickets I guess yeah the count okay when you say a short how do you mean one ticket missing is it like 80 tickets missing I don't know there was a short I guess of like a maybe a couple like 50 $60 or something like that I guess so short in your drawer or no for cuz you have to actually count them as well okay yeah the tickets were short yeah yeah okay you ever say how many were short no and I thought I work that over with I know he came to me and said it but I thought I work that over where it was be coming out of my check okay so I don't how much how much was supposed to come out of your check I don't know that's what I'm saying I don't really remember I can look I mean I don't I don't remember so there was a short of tickets uh like 5060 I I'm thinking that's one the last thing I remember who who discovered the short who talked to you about only person who were discovered is my boss and were now when you say my boss you referring to a yeah okay yeah so came to you and said there was an issue he'll always come to you if you're if it's short the next day and then he'll let you know and then I'm like okay well we not you say work it out do you mean like he just I'm going to pay yeah I'm going to pay for I'm going to have to pay for it yeah I'm going to have to pay it back and how much did he say it was at that time I don't that's why I said I can look at my phone I remember the day but I don't really remember off hand okay that's fine all right um well there's a bunch missing right now a whole bunch a bunch a bunch like so I'm just I'm just being I'm just like I said keep in mind okay I just I just I just want you to keep in mind there's tons of cameras in here okay yeah you did a you tried to do a good job but there were some we can still see some things I watch the video so that's what I want I'm just this is is your chance to be honest like listen there's people there's bad people in this world and there's people that just make mistakes all right if you just make a mistake say hey look I screwed up I made a mistake it is what it is we own it we move on but then there's bad people in the world that continually like you know do bad things I don't think and listen to me I don't think you did bad things cuz I can tell you right now it looks like you're wearing the same exact clothes you were wearing last week yeah so my guess is it's the holidays Christmas is right around the corner you have any kids yeah yep you have kids you probably want to give them a good Christmas we have all this stuff going on inflation's up everything's up like it's an easy way to make a few extra bucks and it is what it is the situation escalated dramatically when the suspect finally began to realize the gravity of her mistakes so am not going to De today I mean as of right now you're not under arrest we do have to explain to you about that the reason we're out here is because it's five full holes of water tiets yeah 50 6 there books missing books books tiets come and yeah I know yeah BS missing several of those tickets were cashed the time you were working and you know that because the gaming commission tracks every single ticket to the letter to the second that it was Cash CU it's in the thing exactly cash you on duty at this location and no one else was in the store font you so you cash those tickets wait wait let me let me show you something real quick hang out with I just want to show you di all right so this is this is from the gaming commission the State of Florida gaming okay look yeah you know how it works there's the that's the product number there's the book ID number this is missing from the store right look yes here's the this this is where it was paid out to here these books were missing while you were working and they were also cashed out yesterday while I did yeah while you were working but here's the thing nobody else is at the register while you're cashing these out again here's another one you yesterday right before it another one these this whole book is missing book entire book wow no and I didn't okay I'm just I'm being honest I'm I'm showing you a little bit the paper you know no this is just the paper like this is two of the papers that I have I have all of this we can work on this it's about 9:00 morning yeah okay so like I said this was just your chance to be like yo officer Moes I screwed up I did but and here's the thing I need to let the state know I have to let the state know how many are gone because now there you got to think about this too there's innocent people out there that might have a ticket that maybe he thought was stolen that's not stolen so I need to know how many books were taken say a jackpot one for 25,000 he gets charged with stealing $25,000 and oh my so what I have to do we got to try to protect other people whoever it is and we need to know how many books were taking did you take the book I know there was one one yeah and I don't um there were um the officers grew increasingly impatient with her evasive answers and her situation only worsened I'm so sorry I'm very you hear me can I can I just say something please yes you know my situations I I really you know that I I I work for you for a long time and I'm show me how how when you come in check the book number start she has to confirm no you called someone to bring you she said she has the books yes they're in a storage unit yeah I don't need the books I need let's go let's work on getting the tickets come on let's go you got get your phone I'm saying let's get your phone we need let's work on getting the tickets like I don't have it well the books are reported stolen the books are no good yeah the State of Florida stolen already stolen and we will pay the box is cancelled we need the money to pay for the lottery office now okay Sam I will get that for you okay give me the money I'm saying well I don't have it at all you want my check you want I have two checks that that's it if you don't have it you you you be with let's let's let's work look let's work on getting the tickets come ask him one second we're almost this is not the time to do all this he's he's already kind of said what he wants to say we can't sit here we're not going to sit here and Badger him and this is not let me can I grab my stuff we'll get all your stuff let's work on let's call your mom call your mom let's go talk to your mom let's go let's call your mom let's work on getting the tickets call let's let's work on that let's walk back outside so we this outside walk outside okay okay okay let's walk outside can I grab my can I just get I'm get a smoke or something I'm nervous I just want to grab my black where's her purse hand me her purse you okay my god let's call Mom I really don't want to go to when allowed to retrieve the stolen books she attempted to start her car creating the impression that she was trying to flee no no I'm okay I you don't do that you scared me no why would I do that you're right here you scared me to death you gave me a heart attack I have to hit it roll up the window I got you scared me to come on bro I'm not going to like we're going to make this really bad oh no you need help no just pull the whole bag out come on that's what that's what I'm saying it's right here just pull the whole bag out just pull the Dan pull the whole bag out let's go these are mine okay just pull the whole bag I'm getting the books that you asked for here yeah okay these are all right tell you what just hop out for me no just no no there's a whole bunch more in there there's a whole bu mine you didn't buy all those books I'll tell you what if we're going to play we're going to play the game I'm just going to tow the car a search on going to get I'm going to get okay we're done we're done no please please please please here here okay just take the back okay off M I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry please please please please please done playing games we're done playing games nice stop turn around man turn around stop stop away stop you will catch more than okay I'm telling you now please your other hand your hand behind your back St your hand behind your I you please please sh stop sir please please please okay here here here stop stop resisting right now you're going to get hurt I'm asking you can you just take grab the cup grab the cup we're trying to be got we're trying to be gentle okay can I just grab you can for anything else done please just take the bag we're done playing we're done playing we're done playing we're done playing no we're done we're done you we okay please let me please no I'm begging you please what please we're going to we're going to to the car and ride a sech war on it no you wanted to play game please have to because at this point you decide you want to play the game no but I'm begging you I'm telling you to get in get no can I just ask you a question please please sir please please don't M please can you just give me one more chance please officer please despite her pleas the officers were fed up with her manipulative Behavior please please we're done but I I going to get the back I just didn't want to see him like please hey Chris can you come back over here I'm begging you m can you just give me m I need to ask look at this I'm going to look here's the thing I'm going to pull you out the car okay I'm going to put these cuffs back behind your back I just want to ask I'm going to put these cuffs back behind your back and you're not going to resist us okay yeah but I can I just talk to you really quick we will talk but we're going to put these cuffs back behind your back I wasn't trying to hide look I'm not going to look I wasn't look I wasn't trying to hide anything hey can I just say something please you guys stop right now you can't talk okay I'll make a deal with you if you put your butt in that seat and you can leave your feet out like this we will talk okay well I just want to look I didn't want to I didn't want to yes sir I'm telling you I'm going to I'm not I'm a man of my word I'm sorry I was you guys thought I was trying to hide it and I wasn't look Dan what you were doing is you were trying to match up the numbers that you knew that I had no no no no no cuz I don't know the numbers that you have M all right that's fine it's Moes Moes sorry sorry sorry but I I wasn't when you guys when I walked you to the car I wasn't trying to hide it I just want to pull the whole bag out and seem like a like just just really bad person like a whole bag of lottery tickets in the end the woman was charged with Grand Theft