A Florida lady was arrested for grand theft following an investigation right into a Chevrolet dealership’s payroll.

Ariel Rutenbeck, 32, was taken into custody Wednesday for allegedly altering payroll at Dimmitt Chevrolet in Clearwater, Fla., about 20 miles west of Tampa, in response to an arrest affidavit from Clearwater Police Division.

As considered one of two folks with entry to the payroll system, the police report alleges Rutenbeck assigned herself $28,179 in unauthorized bonuses between Could 2020 and July 2022.

Dimmitt Chevrolet management supplied payroll paperwork exhibiting the irregularities and confirmed to police that the bonuses weren’t permitted, in response to the report. The corporate instructed police that routine audits weren’t carried out “except there was suspicious exercise noticed, which is why this had not been caught earlier than,” the affidavit stated.

Newer discrepancies within the payroll had been in bigger figures, “which had been regarding and extra noticeable,” the police report stated.

Police data present Rutenbeck turned herself in at a neighborhood jail and is out on a $5,000 bond. She is charged with grand theft, a second diploma felony.

A grievance from the dealership prompted the investigation, which stays open, in response to Clearwater Police spokesperson Rob Shaw.
 
The dealership has been cooperative and useful all through the investigation, Shaw stated.
 
“We consider that there was solely one individual concerned on this and that was the one who was arrested,” Shaw stated.