Employee arrested, accused of posting $80,000 in refunds to her own credit cards | 24CA News
A girl has been arrested after she allegedly defrauded her employer on the North Shore of greater than $80,000, in accordance with North Vancouver RCMP.
Mounties say the lady would refund massive purchases onto her private bank cards over a interval of months whereas working on the business.
Cst. Mansoor Sahak says the lady was entrusted with working the funds of the business whereas the proprietor was on a visit.
“It was actually the financial institution that contacted the business owner saying: ‘hey, there is some fraudulent activity going on,’ so that’s how they discovered they were being defrauded in these refund frauds,” Sahak says.
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Upon returning residence, the proprietor found the fraudulent refunds and instantly known as police.
The business and the lady accused aren’t being named as a result of expenses are nonetheless pending.
However, Mounties say the lady was from West Vancouver, in her 30’s and these fraudulent refunds occurred between June and September of 2021.
Our investigators labored diligently to assemble proof and ready a number of Judicial Authorizations in an effort to additional the investigation,
Cst. Mansoor Sahak shared in a launch.
The investigation is ongoing, and officers anticipate recommending expenses to BC Prosecution Service within the close to future towards the lady, who’s not an worker of the business.
If discovered responsible of theft over $5,000 the lady may spend as much as ten years in jail.
Cst. Sahak says the takeaway for business house owners is to maintain an in depth eye on monetary information and to name police once they really feel one thing isn’t proper.
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