Alicia Torres, 48, was also ordered to pay restitution totaling $578,943.86, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York.
Torres stole the money by fraudulently processing 350 credit card refund requests in customers’ names with made-up amounts, authorities said. She used a Wegmans system that is used to fill customers’ prescriptions to make the transactions. She then tricked the pharmacists on duty to sign off and authorize the refunds. The amounts were based on what Torres saw customers get in previous transactions, authorities said.
Once the requests were approved, Torres pocketed the money by by swiping her bank debit card in Wegmans’ sale system. From 2014 to February 2023, she received over $568,000 in fraudulent refunds.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.