CORYELL COUNTY, Texas (KXXV) — A local plumbing company owner in Coryell County discovered an employee stole $75,000 over two years using company credit cards for personal purchases.
- $75,000 theft scheme: Employee Jamie Droshe allegedly used company credit cards without consent for two years to make personal purchases including furniture, utility bills, and other expenses.
- Company victimized: Double S Plumbing, owned by Stacy Summers and his brother, discovered the unauthorized spending through internal audits.
- Suspect surrenders: Droshe turned herself in to the Coryell County Sheriff's Office on Dec. 23 and faces charges for using credit and debit cards without consent.
- Warning signs missed: The theft went undetected because Droshe was skilled at "doctoring" documentation when questioned, delaying responses to audit requests by a day or more
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The owner of a local plumbing company says an employee illegally used company credit cards to fund her lifestyle for two years, racking up approximately $75,000 in unauthorized purchases.
Stacy Summers, who runs Double S Plumbing with his brother, discovered the alleged theft after conducting internal audits with the businesses accountants. The purchases included furniture, utility bills, and other personal expenses.
"I bought her a new sectional sofa, heating unit, paid her water bills for 2 years, her electric her phone bill for 2 years," Summers said.
Jamie Droshe turned herself in to the Coryell County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday, Dec. 23.
According to investigators, Droshe is accused of using credit and debit cards without Summers' consent during her two-year employment at the company.
"She was making purchases off of my American Express," Summers said.
The scheme went undetected for two years, something Summers attributes to Droshe's ability to manipulate documentation when questioned about expenses.
"She was pretty good about doctoring things up when we'd ask her to see something. We'd ask for it one day, but we might not get it till a day later. That was some red flags that we should have been a little bit smarter about," Summers said.
Summers hopes to recover some of the stolen money and warns other business owners to be vigilant. He says the experience taught him a valuable lesson about trust and oversight.
"She knew what she was doing was wrong, and she chose to do it anyway, and she looked me and my brother in the face every day. Saying that we need to get money to put in here, we need to get money to put in there, knowing that she was robbing us blind," Summers said.
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