A former accountant with a Florida camper sales
company is facing a grand theft charge after authorities say she stole
nearly $170,000 and spent some of the money on new furniture and breast
implants.
Steffani Lariscy, 37, was arrested on
Thursday in Iredell County, N.C. after a warrant was issued for her
arrest out of Volusia County, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.
She was being held on $100,000 bond and it was unknown whether she has an attorney.
Authorities say Lariscy stole the
money over a three-year period while she was an accountant for Robbins
Camper Sales in Ormond Beach. It was spotted by the company's owner in
March 2012, when he noticed a $1,000 discrepancy in financial records
related to the sale of a camper.
When the owner confronted Lariscy
about the missing money, Lariscy at first said she didn't know anything
about it but would look into the matter, authorities said.
The owner confronted Lariscy a second
time and admitted to taking the money, saying she needed it to help
with her divorce and that she was planning to pay it back, authorities
said.
When the owner told her he was reporting the incident to law enforcement, Lariscy took off, the sheriff's department said.
Investigators spent a year combing
through the company's paperwork and Lariscy's bank records, which showed
a complex network of accounts at about a dozen banks, authorities said.
An audit team found Lariscy had
taken $169,822.63, the sheriff's office said. An anonymous tipster told
investigators that Lariscy had a lot of unexplained cash at her house
and had been bragging about it, and said Lariscy had spent $7,000 on
breast implants, authorities said.
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