This thief was a full-time pharmacist who stole $213,000! Note the date. This interrogation took place nearly 5 months after the bookkeeper supplied the information that led to investigation of the pharmacist. PATIENCE is the essential element to the success of any investigation.

This is the thief described in the bookkeeper’s confession—5 months earlier! (This is the pharmacist’s handwritten confession. He was described in the bookkeeper’s confession in Part 2.)

Note the ratio of cash vs. merchandise thefts. ($207,600 cash vs. $5,408 in merchandise) The closer an asset is to cash the more likely it will be stolen.

Note the amount of money in the middle of his confession. This is the money he stole on the date of his interview—before the end of his work shift. Does this look like the “bundles” of 20’s, 10’s and 5’s the bookkeeper was talking about in her confession?

Text version of handwritten confession

During my employment with •••••••••, I have stolen approx. $182,000 in cash, one hundred eight-two thousand dollars in cash approx. five thousand four hundred eight dollars in various food items ($5,408) During my partnership with Jim ••••••••• I stolen approx. fifteen thousand six hundred $15,600 in cash. The last time I stoled anything was today 6-22-88 what I stole was $259. The first year of employment, I stole $10,000 ten thousand dollars in cash up and above the figure mentioned above. Totally $192,000

Serial # of money’s I stoled tonight is as follows $1 G97678170I, H66611453B, L15471878H, G04588077S, $5 J30816320A, F98998467B, I30955796A, D41272080B, G12923546C, $20 L19456534E, L15922290B, B87993444B, G37195478A, B78435752C, H28436567A, F50593733B, I23040133A, D89555445B $50 G61886366A

I have returned the $259 I stoled today. I stole app one thousand dollar a week the past 31/2 year of my employment at ••••••••• ($1,000) The most money stole in one day has been $350 three hundred fifty dollars The way in which I stole the money was under ringing the Rx sale. 90% of the time it was done this way and 10% of time would not ring the sale up. Realizing the pharmacy gross would be low I rang the HBA items up as Rx sale. This would keep the Rx gross up and make the HBA gross bad! The money went from the till to my pocket. The money was used to pay off debt I occured over the past several years i.e. credit cards, cars, boat, home mortgage I used money orders to make these payment’s My monthly payments on the credit cards and cars, was approx. ($3,000) three thousand dollars I feel this kept occuring because of my debt responsibilites kept growing - a snowball effect. I was put in position of trust and violated this trust, therefore making it easier to steal.