Times staff
Friday, January 7, 2011
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Dunedin woman charged in theft of $27,000
A Dunedin woman is accused of embezzling about $27,000 from her employer over three years. Tina Marie Foster, 39, of 1763 Main St., No. 146, was arrested by a Pinellas County Sheriff's Office detective Thursday morning on charges of scheme to defraud and fraudulent use of a credit card. Foster, who worked for TSI Inc. near Largo, made personal purchases on a company credit card and transferred funds from a company checking account to various credit cards or accounts that belonged to her, according to arrest reports. Between November 2007 and August 2010, Foster racked up more than $3,600 on the credit card and siphoned another $23,400 from the company's bank account, the reports show. She was an office assistant for the commercial heating, ventilating and air conditioning company, according ...