UNION CITY — When the owners of a Union City trucking company discovered $4.3 million missing from their company coffers, the pain they felt was twofold.
Now, the suspected thief, 44-year-old Darinder Dyal, is in jail facing 150 felony charges for allegedly stealing the money through checks written to himself, and for allegedly laundering it to avoid getting caught. Dyal’s bail has been set at $1 million and he’s set to be arraigned on Nov. 1, court records show.
Dyal was homeless and living out of his car in 2007 when he met the owners of Bay Area Transport, a trucking company based in Union City and Stockton. He became the manager of their office division, allowing him to sign off on fuel expenditures and communicate directly with clients, according to court records.
Now that the case has been filed, new details have gone public, including how authorities believe Dyal spent his allegedly ill-gotten gains. They say he attempted to write some of the thefts off as gambling winnings, which fell in line with trips that the company owners say he regularly made to out-of-state casinos.