[Music] No, I'll put the money in the register. Once I count the register down, I keep what what what was left over. >> Police are called to Taco Bell after a cashier's elementary theft scheme is uncovered. This is who police found. So in the exception the exception reporting system that we have find unusual behaviors which is 315 or things like that. >> So that's what alerted us to something unusual going on. Employee she took 250 $250 from us. We've got video of her taking cash. Um she would take customer orders zero it to zero. give the customer the food, take the money in, put it in the register, and then at the end of the day, she'd go and they break down their register. Okay. >> Whatever was left over, she would put in her pocket. >> So, mash events to tickets. >> Yes. And then when I matched the the tickets to the video, that's when we saw how many >> customer would pay for an order to get the food, she'd take the money and ultimately zero out the order and keep the money. >> And what happened when you got here today? >> Today I talked to her. She admitted to $200 to $250 uh of fraudulent voids that she would zero out the the ticket number um put the money in the cash register till take it to the manager's office at which point she would take it out and put it in her pocket and keep it for her personal needs. >> Was this the same employee the every time on video? >> Every time. Yes, sir. >> Okay. And do you know who that employee is? >> Okay. And how how long has she been working here? performances from >> uh I think about 3 years. Two and a half to three years. >> Okay. All right. Um you have any knowledge of her doing this prior to these uh five or six incidents? >> Uh I have documentation over the last four to six weeks I believe it is. Okay. >> I'm sure you guys are going to check further back to see. Oh yeah. >> Yeah. Okay. Cool. All right. I'll go in there and talk to her or All right. So, in your own words, you you know why I'm here today? >> Yes, I know why I'm here. >> Okay. And I see that uh you wrote a letter. Is this the letter you wrote? >> Yes, sir. >> And so, you have your ID on you or do you have a Florida ID? >> Okay. Let me see. >> What's that? Oh yeah. So tell me how you came to talk to Mr. Bong today. >> Well, I haven't read that. I just know it's a letter you wrote. I'm here. I asked him and I spoke to him and I'm just speaking to you. >> Okay. So if he is um he I've been taking cash pretty much. Bottom line, >> taking cash more than what I'm admitting to, but it's not true. >> Okay. Pay cash from where >> the >> So, how you you just So, how you just take it out? I mean, you don't think that they're going to notice it? I'm just here. I'm just asking. >> That's a good question. And I wasn't thinking like >> Phil, I mean, how did you take out? Do you just take it out? Is it I mean, >> no, I'll put the money in the register. Once I count the register down, I keep what what was left over? >> Like if the ticket said it's going to be $450 and it's $475, I'll put the $450 in the Okay. Well, I don't see I don't say how would there be a difference though because like when if I come in you say your bill is 220 and I give you 220. I mean at the end of the day the machine is going to show 220. So how how they like I'm not >> he doesn't understand how you would zero in the order. So, >> so pretty much deleting the stuff off the screen and putting it in the register once like voiding it out like like if I Okay. [Music] I get I get it now. So, how many times did you do this? >> Like maybe four or five times. >> Five times in a period of how long? >> What's four? >> Three, four months. Five months >> in a five month period. >> Do you know about how much total you did? I He says more than 22 250. I believe it's like 22 250. >> All right. You said that there's a way to do that though. >> Yeah, I can email youations in the video. >> So, how much do you guys have so far? >> Um, probably closer to 400. Okay. So, you wrote this letter saying you took you said 250. >> Mhm. Okay. So, you admit to take the money. You just you guys just disagree on the amount. Okay. All right. Is there anything else you want to add to your statement? Is there a reason you took it? Well, I mean, I'm just curious. >> Bills, gas, grocery, >> don't y'all have a program or something to help out your employees and get told that it's a lot of stuff I'm still learning right now. I think you're all right. explain to you what this is. This is what you're being charged with right here. You're being charged with petty theft. All right. All right. So, all you going to do is you going to swear in the test is on is on being documented on our camera that you you're promising to show up to court. It's not saying that you're guilty. It's saying that I'm going to come to court. Now, what we going to do? Pull your mask down. Make sure I get your face on camera so you can't say it was your sister. That was it. Take care. She received a citation for petty theft and was fired from Taco Well,