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A Florida woman is in trouble with that law after spending money from a job overpayment.
A Florida horse clinic mistakenly paid a receptionist making $60,000/year a veterinarian’s salary by mistake.
Yessica Arrua of Wellington, Florida, was arrested after allegedly receiving and spending more than $400,000 of a colleague’s salary due to a clerical error.
Apparently, Arrua allegedly spent a ton of the money on an $80k food truck, luxury items, and money sent to relatives.
Via Daily Mail
She allegedly had used the extra money at stores including Coach, Michael Kors, furniture shops and restaurants. Thousands of dollars were also sent through Zelle to ‘Mama Dukes’, according to the police report.
The report also revealed $80,000 of the money was used to purchase a food truck for a friend of Arrua’s mother, and Arrua also admitted to sending money to people in Argentina to build a house.
According to the police report, Arrua allegedly admitted she knew she was being overpaid, but thought she was receiving a bonus from the company.
Eventually, the veterinarian who wasn’t getting paid her full salary noticed she wasn’t getting paid correctly after 10 months.
The police report stated that the $450,000-a-year veterinarian – who was supposed to receive those checks – ‘did not monitor her checking account and deposits for the past year’, therefore she didn’t notice she hadn’t received her salary payments until a few of her credit cards declined.
After Arrua allegedly collected eight to 10 months of the fraudulent direct deposit payments, the veterinarian confronted her.
A 29-year-old woman from Wellington, Florida, named Yessica Arrua, was arrested after her employer accidentally overpaid her by more than $400,000. Arrua, who worked as a receptionist at a horse clinic, reportedly spent a significant portion of the funds before her arrest. pic.twitter.com/N0MqpDZckh
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