Posted on 01/10/2023 8:56:43 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) — A man from Pinellas Park was accused of stealing over $600,000 from his employer in an alleged scheme that had been going on since 2013.
According to a Largo Police Department arrest report, Mark Delano, 59, allegedly stole work orders from his employer, used his employer’s equipment and materials to fulfill the work orders under his own company, and then pocketed the proceeds.
Police said Delano also collected a salary from his employer while running the alleged scheme.
Delano’s employer allegedly caught him in the act on April 11, 2022, when his boss showed up to the shop unannounced and saw him using the machines for his own subcontracting work. Delano’s employer told police he admitted to the theft.
Bank records “showed a long-running, systematic theft of work that should have gone to [Delano’s] employer,” according to Largo police. Investigators said the theft exceeded $600,000.
Delano was arrested on Tuesday and booked into the Pinellas County Jail on one count of scheme to defraud over $50,000.
Sounds like the employer wasn’t minding his business.
Math is hard. Started in 2013. Found out April 11,2022, but it went on for 11 years. Alrighty then. Even if it started January 1, 2013, it would only be 9 years, three months and 11 days.
Publik skrewels?
Breaking Commandments 8 (no stealing) and 9 (no false witness) for eleven years is evil. The employer needs an accountant.
It seems that any halfway decent payroll audit would have exposed this years ago. Apparently the Boss never suspected a thing until last April.
I noticed that too.
Total morons write our news.
>>Total morons write our news.<<
Ever notice their countries of origin?
But if that company decided to not pay employees the owner would not be arrested for theft.
It’s a double standard.
I think I may be currently the victim of a fraud committed by a bookkeeper who is stealing from her employer.
Obviously, not a student of common core math! Troublemaker.
I would be very interested in seeing how this case turns out for the accused. There are cases on record that could be used to argue that the employee was/is not guilty of a crime.
I know, I KNOW!!! The headline and article make it seem like a slam-dunk.
But once the facts come out, and various lawyers have been hired...I think the defendant might walk free.
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