PALM COAST, Fla. (WFLA) — A Popeyes employee is joining her friend in jail after she allegedly stole a customer’s credit card and sent money to a state prison inmate.
According to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, a customer reported seeing an employee at Popeye’s in Palm Coast tapping her credit card twice while in the drive-thru last month, once for her order and then again to a cell phone.
The victim said later that day, she found a $311.90 charge on her account.
Detectives discovered that the Popeye’s employee, identified as 48-year-old Chaniqua Richberg, of Palm Coast, used the victim’s money to make a commissary payment to an inmate at Apalachee Correctional Institution — a state prison for men in Sneads.
“This woman thought she could get away with stealing from a customer and giving money to a state prison inmate,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “But unlucky for her, the customer was paying attention and noticed the fraudulent charge, so now Richberg gets to join her friend in jail!”
Richberg was arrested at Popeyes for charges including fraudulent use of personal ID information, fraudulent use of a credit card, and unlawful use of a two-way communications device. She was taken to the local jail and was later released on a $7,500 bond.
WFLA.com has reached out to the state prison for information on the inmate and funds that were sent.