Single Mother Arrested After Stealing $9,000 from Her Job at Walmart

On a beautiful day in Florida, officers were called to a local Walmart where a new employee was being investigated for a major fraud scheme. Here's how it worked: while working as a cashier, the employee would grab gift cards off the shelf, load them up with four hundred to five hundred dollars, and mark them as paid when, in fact, no one had paid for the gift cards at all. She would also steal cash, scamming over five thousand dollars in just three days. When officers arrived, they met with an asset protection officer who had watched the employee steal gift cards and money over just a few weeks. Sometimes coming in on her day off, the employee stole over nine thousand dollars in her first month on the job. After officers spoke to asset protection, they called the employee to the office. It was reported that she had stolen money just 30 minutes before the officers arrived. The woman was taken to the local jail where she was given a few free nights to stay. According to court records, she stole just over nine thousand dollars in just three weeks. She was given 24 months of probation. According to court records, she claimed she did it for her kids. Before you go, write a comment below: should stealing be justified given her situation?