Jimmyo1883
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Florida
Hi everyone. I was previoulsy employed at Kmart in Orlando. Where I was caught for stealing. I confessed to literally everything I stole withing the 6 months that I worked there. I agreed to pay the amount back that the Kmart loss-prevention people estimated the items at ($1200.00) and they said that I would be clear of any other charges an such by Kmart, but I may be required to pay for vendor items that I had taken/eaten. I signed the release papers and other papers showing that I admitted to the amount of items stolen and paid for them, and that I would not try to prosecute over the event.
Today, I recieved a letter from a law office saying the following:
This law firm represents Kmart for its claim regarding misappropriation of company assets by you. Our clients advises that you are responsible for a loss that now must be paid. The following demand is broken down into both a restitution component, covering the cost of the loss itself, and a civil penalty component, persuant to: Florida Statutes Section 772.11, a civil remedies act
At this point, you may settle this matter by making payment to us in the amount of $2500.00 within twenty days of the date of this letter (jan 10, 2006).
Should payment fail to be made, we may take further action and seek a higher settlement amount. Kmart may also file a lawsuit, in which it will seek any available attorney's fees, court costs and other legal expenses throughout such litigation. and so on...
I had confessed to every thing I have taken during the time I was there, but i guess they think I still took WAY more than what I admitted to. They even exhaggerated the prices of most of the items I took, but I didn't say anything. I knew what I did was wrong and ended up paying for it. My supervisor, who showed me about stealing everything and how to get out with it, apparently did this way before I was there. He admitted to stealing also, but confessed to very little (only $505.00) I have no clue what action I should take right now and this is the first time anything like this has happened to me. Could someone please tell what is the best route for me to go in all this? If any more info is needed I can post it. Thank you.
Hi everyone. I was previoulsy employed at Kmart in Orlando. Where I was caught for stealing. I confessed to literally everything I stole withing the 6 months that I worked there. I agreed to pay the amount back that the Kmart loss-prevention people estimated the items at ($1200.00) and they said that I would be clear of any other charges an such by Kmart, but I may be required to pay for vendor items that I had taken/eaten. I signed the release papers and other papers showing that I admitted to the amount of items stolen and paid for them, and that I would not try to prosecute over the event.
Today, I recieved a letter from a law office saying the following:
This law firm represents Kmart for its claim regarding misappropriation of company assets by you. Our clients advises that you are responsible for a loss that now must be paid. The following demand is broken down into both a restitution component, covering the cost of the loss itself, and a civil penalty component, persuant to: Florida Statutes Section 772.11, a civil remedies act
At this point, you may settle this matter by making payment to us in the amount of $2500.00 within twenty days of the date of this letter (jan 10, 2006).
Should payment fail to be made, we may take further action and seek a higher settlement amount. Kmart may also file a lawsuit, in which it will seek any available attorney's fees, court costs and other legal expenses throughout such litigation. and so on...
I had confessed to every thing I have taken during the time I was there, but i guess they think I still took WAY more than what I admitted to. They even exhaggerated the prices of most of the items I took, but I didn't say anything. I knew what I did was wrong and ended up paying for it. My supervisor, who showed me about stealing everything and how to get out with it, apparently did this way before I was there. He admitted to stealing also, but confessed to very little (only $505.00) I have no clue what action I should take right now and this is the first time anything like this has happened to me. Could someone please tell what is the best route for me to go in all this? If any more info is needed I can post it. Thank you.