Forgot to mention, after being subpoenaed againj (for the 4-5th time!?) I finally got to testify at a preliminary hearing regarding the credit card fraud case I helped uncover. I was really nervous, and I feel like I might not have been of much help. I haven't physically seen this woman since the end of 2009, and I couldn't say 100% that I knew it was her, in court. The way I got around that was, I told them that I knew she was a heavy-set woman, and that at the time, she was the only one working in that office of that stature, so if this was the woman who was working there at the time, it had to be her. What I didn't say, but wanted to, was that the reason I couldn't remember her face, and the reason I knew it had to be her, was 1) she was literally twice as big as anyone else working there. and 2) that there were a lot of attractive women working in that office (pretty much every one of them), and she was the only one to whom I had absolutely no attraction. Yeah, sounds bad, I know, but it's true. 3) I'd just lost my cat & my job within a 2-week span - why the fuck would I pay any attention to her at all? I had no idea she was ripping people off at the time!
(Back when this was all going down, this woman even went so far as to continually delete my phone number out of the system so that the accounting department couldn't get in touch with me. She did this no less than 4 times, and I remember finally telling her to make sure they got my message/number this time, as I was tired of having to keep calling in with my info. She must have known I was on to her, and didn't want them talking to me. She really had people going, befriending the people she worked with to allay suspicion, etc. They didn't even know she was on probation when this all went down, but I guess she has a history of this kind of shit. If she's convicted this time, it's guaranteed prison time - no probation, no jail, but years of prison!)
Anyway, the defense attorney tried a few little tricks to try and trip me up, like when I was asked if I saw her in the room, he leaned forward "nonchalantly" and blocked my view of her. My guess was that had I identified her with him sitting like that, he would have asked how I knew, if I hadn't seen even seen her. I called him out on it, by saying, "well, the attorney's blocking my view and I can't see who's at the table." - he got this kind of chagrined look on his face, and "casually" leaned back, at which point, I said what I wrote previously. The prosecutor made a point of asking me the date this happened, when I made my last payment, etc. a few times, and so when the defense attorney asked me the same thing, I told him "I just said that it was on (date)!" He "back-tracked" by saying he meant the day, not date, which I'd already mentioned once as well, so I confirmed it. Both attorneys (at different times, obviously) asked if I had called back two days later to complain about my bill not being right, and I told them there would be no logical reason for me to do so, as I paid cash two days before, and would have no reason to question anything regarding my bill. Besides, it was pointed out that two days later was on a Sunday, and how would I contact them on a day they were closed?
So, that all took place over less than 10 minutes, and I was released from "duty". There were four people called down as witnesses; the gal from the office in charge of the accounting, me, and two customers who had their credit cards scammed. I don't know if the other two even ended up being called, because the accounting gal & I were the two major witnesses, and we all were told that the others might not be needed. Now, I just have to wait & see if they found enough in evidence to take the case to court, at which time, I'm sure I'll be contacted again.
I really dislike "workin' for the man", as it were, but I dislike someone getting away with a crime like this even more. I hope she goes away for quite a while.
12:00 p.m. - 2011-05-13
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