on July 17th
2023 police responded to a Walmart
regarding a fraud case the store manager
reported an employee had been illegally
refunding purchases onto gift cards so
far six incidents have been confirmed
with 14 more still under
investigation order to this up the other
guy the other LP guy pull the video and
where are you guys going to be
referenced with them in the the HR
department
hey I know pizza ready for this one I
guess so no all right so they have an
employee that's been swiping uh gift
cards on different times taking
different amounts of money up to $5,500
up to what 5500 so he's been doing it
multiple times and sometimes he's
actually taking cash they got videos of
the transaction they don't have him
video of leaving the store itself okay
um some are $200 some the last one I
think was what you said over 1,000 bucks
yeah they have the documented the
timeline here but they're trying to get
all the video they have video of the of
the transaction but not actually leaving
for the
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day just acting so they have his name
they don't have his date of birth and
they don't have his address
whatever they access and here okay
where's
Terry so you said we have multiple
transactions no it's not a workday we
don't we can't asley can we get copy of
that now so I can give it to the
officer you got to give him copy CU it's
all of this stuff he needs
cop we're not sure yet I'm going to ask
him his last transaction was June 14th
14th June 14th July 14th July 14
last transaction than a000 bucks yeah
during my conversation I'll ask him and
I'll try to recover anything that he has
taken today um and then so for their
company polic they want to talk to them
first before we even get involved okay
so when they talk I guess we'll be in
area um you got it on that I want to
make sure we have
he's going to put the amount that he
needs to load onto the
card so he hit he hit okay okay that he
wants to the transaction okay which is
three different
cards he scans another card
you can see the draw pop open as you use
this need to stop
it receip pops out transaction is
finished and then
close the
draw takes the
card and
leaves signs off the register first
see if you can find the other manager
see if he admitted anything
to they should be back there in the room
somewhere just go to the left I guess
just see if he admitted to anything from
the other stuff and
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today e
miss anything yeah all of it m what
about today he didn't do anything
today I have a statement right here cop
of a statement
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go Miranda
all right Jean at this point in
time you have the right to remain silent
not answer any questions you understand
that yes you have the right to represent
of a lawyer of your choice before you
make any statements or do any question
understand all right if you cannot
afford a lawyer you are entitled to the
presence of a court appointed lawyer
before you make any statements during
any questioning do you understand that
yes okay any statements can and may be
used against you in a court of law you
understand all right if at any time
during an interview you do not wish to
answer any questions you are privileged
to remain silent you know what I'm
saying that okay I can make no threats
or promises to induce you to make a
statement this must be of your own free
will you understand okay so that being
said look tell me what happened what
happened I see you wrote a statement
here like tell me what happened like
based off your
statement go ahead tell me what happened
so what sometimes like I don't money on
my and stff and then but I even know the
gift cards going through or was just
like you know like somebody bang stuff I
just doing it so I can for this stuff or
something that I need okay so when
you're doing this you didn't realize
that that what you're doing was wrong
what you did no I I stopped doing it you
stopped doing it yeah when did you stop
doing when was the last time you did it
huh when was the last time you put
something on the car last week last week
yeah and I I said I'm not doing that
again I feel like he's not yeah so now
I've just using my own money okay when
was your first time you did when did you
start doing this you don't remember
no do you know roughly how much money
you youve taken over the time period no
but I didn't do that a lot you didn't do
it a
lot did you ever do any big you know do
pay purchases while you're doing it like
large numbers like you know a couple
hundred dollars buy stuff no like when
you were putting stuff onto a card was
it was it large numbers or was it small
numbers like 10 20 bucks or two three 4
$500 no not it's like 100 100 something
okay and you know you know roughly how
many times you done that well did get
yeah like five times you only did it
like five four or five times okay
all
right you do me a favor for me could you
state your name and spell it for me a i
l n t j is that your first name or your
last name my last name okay what's your
first name j e okay what's your date of
birth May 29th
2002 May 29th 2002 yeah
okay all right so at this point you
understand that you are under arrest
right okay
is anything else that uh you would like
to have me put into my report that you
know you know so you just you're guilty
and you're sorry you understand what you
did and you're just
sorry but this want money I can what's
that if this want money I can just give
it to yeah I mean not this money but you
know my mom going have my He Man Yeah I
need to speak I can I'm saying if they
want the money I can give it back that
myti can help me my mom yeah I don't
know I don't know why I'm doing this
do okay you willing to give all the
money back you want to give all the
money back sure you have any idea how
much I how much is it I don't care
you're just saying like it's 5,000 but I
don't know I took
$5,000 so they explain to you how much
money that that you exp how much
um it is on total okay I I don't know
cuz this gift card didn't take more than
$200 okay and you're going to give all
the money back yeah today or only once
yeah I'm asking you I don't know I'm
just asking you a question so can I do
it
twice I mean I don't know cuz I'm for my
P did you talk to them did you tell them
that that you going to give them all the
money back hear me out she that okay
you just had an exit interview with
Walmart H did you just have an interview
with
Walmart did you just now have an
interview with Walmart yes talking to
her yes so this paper that has your name
you wrote this yeah and you signed it
saying that you wrote it no one made you
write this no you wrote it on your own
free will
yeah which is basically saying that you
took some money on a gift card to buy
food no I said I took the gift card to
yeah and that you're
sorry
and you don't know what got over you
right you're doing this but you can
return the gift card money every time
you get paid and once again you're
sorry right that's all we you WR
um and when did you say you think you
started doing
this I didn't know exactly I couple
weeks months
Christmas a couple mons couple months
you just started working here in what
April right so April May June you've
only been here three months may be
June we on July and July what's that
we're on July right yeah we're in July
now
okay you ever been arrested before no
that's why I just said back before that
uh I know you said you don't know what
happened what made you do this but like
what do you what do you think made you
do this I know there there other
employees talking about doing this are
there other employees talking about
doing this stuff too
or we're just trying to you know you say
you never been arrested we're trying to
figure out we're trying to figure
something out here you know what would
lead you to do this for your your first
criminal I've been working at so many
register I never done that before I used
to work at Wendy's doing ticking orders
and stuff did you do at Wendy I say I
never did it cuz I work in cash before
you know I
know how old are you 21 21 your birthday
is one oh my birday was last month how
many so now you see you just became an
adult right so you know you did this
before your birthday you know I didn't
say I did it before my no no I'm saying
if you did you know You' be getting
charged as a minor not an adult you know
so we just trying to see you know make
some better life decisions moving
forward you know I understand if this is
your first criminal fence I mean the
system might have you know some leniency
with you but you can't just take that
for granted you know do this without my
mom without what my mom yeah we don't
got to tell your mom you're an
adult you're you're going to be the one
to tell it you're something you want to
tell but I'm just I'm just trying to
speak to you like you know manto man I
want to make sure you're going to head
down the road making better decisions
man like you're only 21 you get a long
life ahead of you right you don't want
to get you know I mean I can I swear I
can just give the money back I got I got
you I understand that you know but we
have a job to do if they want it
tomorrow I can just give it tomorrow I'm
going call my auntie we we have a job to
do today so it's not it's not about the
money right now man I'm just talking to
you like you
know about making better decisions in
your life you know you're going to
you're going to get you're going to go
to jail okay you're going to see a judge
and you can explain to him hey man I've
never done this before you'll give all
the money back maybe he worked for you
you know I can't speak for him you know
all I have to call my mom in that huh do
I have to call my mom in no no you don't
have to you do
whatever like is it going to be the end
of the night or
well you're going to go to jail tonight
like in a couple hours and then you'll
probably see the judge in the morning
and I'm going to stay by I'm get home no
you're staying at the jail tonight
you're probably just tomorrow until
tomorrow you talk to the judge yeah the
judge will give you a bond tomorrow
morning like between 8 and 10 a.m. they
give you a bond or he may just release
you know like I said it's up to
him that's that's you know you can call
your mom when you get to the jail
what's that I can't tell her you can't
tell her that
okay
so that being you did this did you was
it only on gift cards or did you take
cash I don't I you never took cash so if
I show you some receipts of you voiding
items that people are paying for and
keeping the cash of that items I didn't
keep I mean not voiding stuff but not
giving the money
shut the
door a little bit what there's no you
can that a little
bit they not going to be comfortable man
they already I already made them loose
for took my whole finger in them I can't
make them any
stand up I'm not done
one of your cards it's
mine how much is on this
one it doesn't work it's empty it
doesn't have money but it's still one of
the car here um you
might no you want to take a picture of
this take a picture
that way we can match it maybe to one of
the receipts um want see if he has more
in
here is there any more in
here is there any more in
here no I understand but is there more
gift cards in here that don't work oh
I'll take that has his name on it I know
it's
garbage yeah that's another one this one
work
maybe okay
no those aren't those are his
cards hold on I need to take pictures of
that you want to picture this one his
his discount
card that one we usually ask for back I
didn't I didn't think you long enough to
get a discount card you just got one or
is that belong to your dad I don't see a
receipt where's there a
receipt and the back of the phone and
behind it take out the no no I'm keeping
it so
so you'll at least recover
$799
so discount see how many
times JJ y WX
so this is that's just his discount card
that will
shred I mean it won be active
after wow you used multiple cards yeah
these are all of the ones he used today
those are what he
used those are the numbers and
everything so he Ed like five cards
today Cards um cards on this 1 two three
four five
six then he voided some Bank issues here
void void they must have not
worked all right at just 21 years old
the suspect now faces serious legal
trouble after being charged with six
counts of grand theft and one count of
an organized scheme to defraud