Crime & Safety
Employee Embezzles $98K from Hotel Del Coronado
An employee signed a confession to taking an estimated $49,000 in cash and $49,000 in merchandise from a gift shop at the Hotel Del Coronado, according to police.
Coronado Police reported that a 51-year-old female employee at the Hotel Del Coronado embezzled an estimated $98,000 in cash and merchandise from The Signature Shop, which sells apparel, gifts, wine and food. Police released the report on Oct. 22.
Police said the employee had been taking money from the cash register while working at the hotel on the 1500 block of Orange Avenue over a four-year period from May 2009 to May 2013.
The loss was estimated at $49,000 in cash and another $49,000 in merchandise.
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