FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Authorities arrested a former waitress at a Fort Lauderdale eating place Tuesday when they stated she charged diners for excess of simply their foods.
According to an arrest document, Elizabeth Alvarez Garcia, 38, of Dania Beach, was once fired from her activity on the Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant on the Galleria at Fort Lauderdale mall, positioned at 2568 E. Sunrise Blvd., after shoppers complained in regards to the unauthorized fees. The document states she labored for the chain eating place from April to July.
The document states that Alvarez Garcia, after ringing up shoppers for his or her foods, used a Square fee software related to an LLC referred to as “Mareli Investment Corporation,” by which Alvarez Garcia is the vice chairman and registered agent.
The cash then went right into a trade account which confirmed an “extensive history of purchases made on food, gas, travel, entertainment and personal living expenses.”
Police stated Alvarez Garcia stole a minimum of $4,320 from a minimum of 3 sufferers over a four-day duration in June. In one example, police stated she made a $2,500 fee to a buyer’s card “seconds after (he paid) for his meal.”
The shoppers, who have been reimbursed via their credit card firms, recognized Alvarez Garcia as their waitress at the evening of the unauthorized fees.
She faces two counts every of third-degree grand robbery, fraudulent use of a credit card and legal use of non-public identity. She was once later launched from prison.
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