Gold Kiosk Employee Charged With Theft
Suspect is accused of processing fake gold purchase claims so he can fuel his gambling habit.
A 59-year-old kiosk employee at Southridge Mall is accused of stealing money from his employer to fuel his gambling habit. Donald John Napierala, of Milwaukee, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Saturday with one count of theft. If convicted, he faces up to nine months in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Oct. 31, Greendale police officers were called to the Gold Buyers kiosk in Southridge after Napierala resigned and told his manager he had been processing fake gold purchases. Napierala said he would inflate the price paid out to customers for gold, then pocket the extra money to pay for his gambling habit. The store has a 15-day lag between purchasing and shipping gold, so Napierala would use…
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