'[She was] charged with theft over $5000': Coworker frames worker for theft leading to loss of their job, worker gets her arrested

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Nov 25, 2023 7:00 AM EST

There's nothing worse than being blamed for something you didn't do, especially when you know who did do it but can't prove anything to defend yourself. This sinking feeling is one we have all probably felt at one point or another, like on the playground after some spoilt classmate framed us for their own misdeeds... No, Jared, I didn't throw that ball at the recess teacher, but you know very well who did.

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  • This worker was framed and fired for a crime that she, too, didn't commit, having been framed by her terrible Karen coworker for the theft of some expensive rings from the jeweler where they both worked. Their coworker “K” befriended the Karen in a "Game of Thrones"-esque plot to figure out what had really happened to the rings. After a year of this duplicity, Karen finally opened up and, in confidence, revealed that she had the rings telling her entire plot to K before showing her where they were kept. The police got involved, and the tables were turned as Karen took the fall for her crime.

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    Posted by u/Fuzed_Canadian Co-worker gets me fired. My many years waiting for revenge. This is my first post here, and I only have done this after telling the whole story to a friend who posts on Reddit and told me that this story had to be put here after telling him the whole story. This is a long post, you've been warned. If revenge is best served cold, then my revenge was many years in the freezer, and, this week, was finally pulled out and had whipped cream and a cherry put on top put before
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    Background So I worked for Company A for almost a decade that had a small team consisting of ten people, doing commissioned work for businesses in my city. The Owner treated us like family, knowing that we worked long and hard days, sometimes up to 60 hours in a week. He paid us better than expected, bonuses and perks he negotiated with businesses that commissioned our work, even gave the whole company a week off paid when his son was getting married so we could attend it. We had our squabbles l
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    After working there for years, the manager position came open. Since by then I was one of the most senior workers with Company A, so I thought I would apply, which had a few others interested do as well. I didn't get the position, mainly because, despite my experience at Company A, I didn't have a Business Administration degree. Someone who worked for Owner did, so he got it. Realizing the education I would have to get, and the demand of this job, I thought long and hard and concluded
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    that, if I wanted to go anywhere in life, I would have to get that degree. Coming right of high school to work for Company A was great, but if I wanted to do something more I would have to go to university. I talked to the Owner and gave my two weeks notice. When I explained what I wanted to do and why, he understood that I was trying to make something of myself. This all becomes relevant later, I promise.
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    Going to university, I found that I had tuition. covered through government grants but not things like food, rent, etc. So I looked around and eventually found work at Company B. Company B was a retail store, with a bigger staff than I had been used to, somewhere around 50 employees but had such a huge employee turnaround that it was scary at times. They dealt with a wide arrange of goods from groceries to very expensive items. They had a certain niche clientele that they could order items for a
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    Skip forward seven years. In that time I got my BA degree and worked at Company B the whole time, going from part time to full and eventually applied for the Warehouse Supervisor position. I was interviewed, got the job, been supervisor for months when the Manager and I hired K as a warehouse clerk. K isn't the one to get the revenge, but she played a crucial part in the revenge. Then B gets hired.
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    Bi started out as a cashier, working quickly up the chain and brown-nosing as many co-workers as possible, including the Manager. When a sales rep went on maternity leave, B quickly jumped at the chance to work in sales and ended up permanently being a part of that team then the Sales Supervisor soon after. Me and B got along like oil and water. We butted heads over things constantly; she would tell the Manager all the small things that I did, but
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    called me a snitch when I reported the issues she was causing. She would badmouth me and my warehouse staff, talk over me at meetings and try to take credit for my ideas. She openly told co- workers that I was the cause of many issues and couldn't wait for me to leave. Oh, and she was NEVER at fault. It would be the customers fault, my fault, the delivery drivers fault, another co-workers fault, etc. There were times when we got together well, but far and few between.
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    I get fired. So one day, a very, and I mean VERY, expensive ring set (over $5,000 I found out later), ordered by one of our customers, comes in. Years ago I set up a procedure for any type of jewellery so that it will not get lost or stolen. The last step is, once we have done everything with it in the warehouse, we take it to the office and have someone put it in the safe immediately. This particular time, I was the one
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    who received the rings so, once going through the procedure, told K that I was taking it to the office. The only one available who had the combination to the safe was B. I asked her if she could open the safe, she looked at me, looked at the jewellery box in my had, then said, 'put it down here on my desk, I'll put it away once I'm done this email'. Keep in mind that me and the B had had a serious spat over something earlier that day, and I generally didn't feel like being close to her if I coul
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    The next day, I get a call from the Manager to come to the office. I head there to find Manager, B and the HR consultant they pull in when some real hits the fan. Manager tells me that said ring set have disappeared. I tell them the procedure I followed and last I saw them was with B Manager tells me that B checked the box and that said box was empty. Manager then pulls the box out. Sure enough, the box the rings were in was indeed empty. I swear to Manager that the rings were inside when I chec
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    given to B ). At this point, it's my word against hers; by stroke of bad luck, the in-store video recorder had broken down days before the incident so there was no way to verify what happened. We all know someone has to take the blame for this, and that's when B strikes, saying that it was my fault, since it was last seen in my hands. Manager asks if this is true, then I realize that, yes, I was indeed the last person to touch the thing, and I never actually saw Bi pick up the box. B gives me th
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    and the HR consultant ask us both to leave. After what seemed like forever, I get called in. Manager tells me that, since I was responsible for the rings at the time and now are lost, they would be firing me. But, since they had no proof as to whether I stole the rings or not, they wouldn't press charges (which scared the out of me as this was the first time I heard of them thinking this). I go back to the warehouse, tell K and the other warehouse clerks just what happened, grabbed my personal b
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    After a couple weeks of trying to get my head around what happened and weighing my options, I decide my first priority is to try to get some sort of job, and consider it lucky if I get a job flipping burgers with the bad rep when they ask Company B. I call the Owner of Company A to get a good reference from them and explain what happened and why I was calling, only to get the shock of a lifetime. The manager position was about to be open; the guy who I lost the position to was retiring
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    soon, due to complicated health reasons. Owner had kept tabs on me while at university and understood when I didn't immediately come back to him, but with a golden opportunity like this, he wanted me back and I wasn't going to say no. I dive into my new job I originally wanted with an Owner I enjoyed working for. I thought, then and there, everything would be behind me, not knowing it would come back, not to bite me, but to pay dividends.
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    The Revenge - K's Side This I found out after Bis Reckoning. After I was fired, K knew she had to do something about BO. K knew that I wouldn't lose or steal something like the rings. But also knew that, without proof, B would deny that she did it and have K in her cross- hairs to attack next. So, after talking with her husband, she hatched a plan.
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    She started hanging out with B telling her things like 'I'm SO glad he's gone!' or 'Wish he had been fired MUCH earlier!' B, feeling high from getting rid of one of her thorns in her side, soaked it all in, and after a couple weeks, invited K and K's Husband (from now on KH) for drinks at her place with her and BO's Husband (BH). Months pass, K and KH do things regularly together with Band BH, including drinking on weekends and couple- related events. When together, K would
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    occasionally bad-mouth me, and Bi would agree. Finally, after over a year of playing nice, when K and KH were over at B's for one of their drinking parties, K randomly bad-mouthed me, mentioning the rings in passing. Then B says something that K was waiting for: I wanted those rings, so I stole them.
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    K, hearing this, asks for more details. KH looks at her tries to wave her off with one hand, then gives up when B keeps talking. That day, Bhad stopped writing her email and was going to put the rings in the safe. The safe was open and she was about to put the rings away when B had an idea. See, as mentioned above, B wanted me gone from Company B. She also wanted those rings. She also knew that the cameras weren't working. She figured that she could pocket the
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    rings, tell the Manager they were missing, and spin it so I would take the blame. K then asks where are the rings now, and Bi, being too drunk and not seeing a reason not to brag, not only tells her, but shows her where they are in her room. All while KH had been RECORDING THE WHOLE CONVERSATION on his phone (the hand waving was him saying he started recording).
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    K gives a copy of the recording to Manager the next work day. Police are called immediately, B is arrested and her house is raided. They find the rings. K and KH give the recording and testimonies to police. B's Reckoning has begun. Revenge - My side
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    I get a call from the prosecutor's office after Bi is arrested and charged with theft over $5000, among other things. He wants me to testify about what she did to me. I didn't skip a beat in saying yes. Fast track to the trial, prosecutor has me, K, and KH testify and plays the recording of B admitting that she stole them. Her attorney tries to throw out the case saying that K got Bi deliberately drunk, but judge didn't buy it, since there was proof she drank all the time. Judge was lenient and
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    Meanwhile, as the trial was happening, I was talking with a lawyer to sue B for setting me up like she did. We were also going to sue Company B for wrongful termination, but they settled the day they got notice of the lawsuit and knew they would lose. B wasn't so lucky. They tried some trickery by having BH divorce her and he received everything in the divorce, but my lawyer added him into the lawsuit as well. My lawyer asked overall for $3500 for emotional distress, back pay from when I was fir
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    And now, you are wondering where the metaphoric cherry is on this story? Well, recently we had someone leave Company A, so we were hiring someone to replace them. Owner was going over the resumes and set up interviews for the job this week. Lo and behold, B was one of the people to apply, but he didn't know that. I looked at the resume, was about to trash it, but then smiled. Owner set up the interview. She came in at her slotted time, looking to brown-nose her way through. Then she saw me. I sm
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    She said not one word and left. EDIT: I forgot to mention that it had been almost six years between her last job (Company B) and her coming into the interview. EDIT 2: Thank you everyone for the medals! Yes, I kept in contact with K and KH since leaving. I've told them about this post and the respect people had here for them.
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    TL:DR - Co-worker steals rings and accuses me, I get re-hired at my old company. I interview co- worker after she's fired years later.
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    bourbonkitten K is a great friend and a good person. Also speaks to your character she went through all that to clear your name. Reply Share 2.9k A7xWicked Seriously, the real MVP for sure. Really hope you did something nice for her, sounds like she sacrificed a lot for that. 4 1.1k 1.1k Reply Share ●●●
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    h00ter7 She faked a whole friendship. What a bad 751 Reply Share TastelessDonut She spent a YEAR, and multiple occasions, outings and drinks with the retched woman. All to clear OP's name, that is a Great friend! 459 Reply Share
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    Ballistic Habit Hey OP. Your buddies K and KH deserve a steak dinner, nice bottle of wine, yearly Christmas cards, and a debt of gratitude. They played the long game (con) for your benefit. Loyal friends are worth their weight in gold ( rings). One of my favorite sayings goes something like "friends will help you move, REAL friends will help you move bodies. Reply Share 396
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    exOtrix That is definitely the metaphoric cherry on the top. Congrats on a life well lived in spite of B. 320 Reply Share
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    GretaVanFleek you really put her through the ringer huh. 198 Reply Share 58 Broken RatingScheme. You were really able to safe some face in the end. ... Reply Share
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    Donkeyvanillabean One thing that nettles me... "Judge was lenient and gave her five years in prison"...for $5000? Holy , seems unduly harsh ... Is this a normal sentence anyone? 63 Reply Share ...
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