A man from Unterländer had shamelessly abused his boss’s trust and taken thousands of euros from the cash register for himself.
“How can you, as an innocent person, suddenly take illegal money from the cash register?” Judge Christoph Stadler wants to know from the defendant in the trial at the Feldkirch Regional Court. Especially because the 27-year-old was considered a good and reliable employee who enjoyed the confidence of the management and was also responsible for the cash register and invoicing in the gas station store. In any case, the suspect does not have a plausible explanation: it was just enormous stupidity, which he now deeply regrets.
Defendant disputes the amount charged
Prosecutor Sarah Nenning accused him of defrauding his employer of at least 50,000 euros between September 2021 and September 2023 by scanning customers’ goods, collecting the money in cash and then removing the item in question from the cash register system. Whatever the disloyal former employee admits. However, he disputes the amount charged to him. “It was certainly considerably less than 50,000 euros.”
Moreover, the malpractices were only noticed during an audit. When asked by Mr Rat whether the invoices were always checked by a second employee or by the superior, the suspect answered negatively. That explains why the 27-year-old was able to sock away so much money in at least two years.
The fact that the disloyal employee is ultimately not found guilty of serious commercial fraud, but only of embezzlement, is also due to the lack of control.
The verdict, which is not yet final, is: nine months in prison with probation and a fine of 3,900 euros. The man must repay the private party 47,000 euros within 14 days. The same amount is forfeited for intent to enrich.
Source: Krone
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