I have worked at a retail outlet for about 9 months, when I became the closer I discovered it was easy to falsely ring through items and have excess cash to pocket at the end of the night, struggling to go to school I began taking cash almost every night, yesterday a police officer came into work and told me I'm a suspect for theft over 5000 because there has been a large amount of "no sale" button use, and "training program" use.

The "training program" on the till allows you to put an item through and not have it account for any of the daily sales total, I was using this to fool co-workers into thinking I was really ringing through customers. This program can be used by anyone, without leaving evidence of who was using it at the time... the till records information of "no sales" and "training' use
I'm just not sure how far back they have records.

I talked to a criminal lawyer, and told the officer I would not leave a statement, the officer then said it will probubly be settled in small claims court, but because I have two previous shoplifting offences when I was much younger (not convicted for either) I might be prosecuted.

Worried for my fate, do they have enough evidence to convict?
I also use the training program to print extra reciepts and figure out prices for customers
Will I have to pay for money I didn't even take on top of money I did...

Scared, stupid, young, confused... advice?

I am sorry there is a difference between being young and stupid, and being a criminal, stealling over 5000 by doing it almost every night, you planned and ploted your activity. And of course this post is a confession of your crime, and could be easily forwarded to the police department at the location of your ID address. I believe hiring an attorney and working out a payment plan with the store should be done ASAP.

I am sorry there is a difference between being young and stupid, and being a criminal, stealling over 5000 by doing it almost everynight, you planned and ploted your activity. And of course this post is a confession of your crime, and could be easily forwarded to the police department at the location of your ID address. I beleive hiring an attorney and working out a payment plan with the store should be done ASAP.


I didn't take over 5000 though, and I did tell officer that, I'm mostly worried that they're going to claim I did by using the training program, which trainees and many other people use, I'm sure the amount its been used totals way way over 5000