To be so very disappointed in my dd 18

[Metoodear]

So my 18 ds works in A well known supermarket and today he has been sent home with pay

He has been accused of fraudulent activity with a £3 voucher and the worse thing is I believe he did it he’s very worried fudgeing good


So over the last couple of weeks I noticed he had a lot of vouchers in his room the type people buy for birthday gifts when I asked he said his mate gave it to him bank However something didn’t sit right went a snooping and I found about £60 worth of different vouchers food and can ones


Then this week he told me he had an altercation with one of the security guards they accused him of stealing when he was in shopping

My husband said that was odd as he knows they guy and why would he just randomly accuse you of stealing on your day off

However we now think ds was trying to lay the ground work when he was eventually found and and say this was the issue


I think the guard was following ds however jumped the gun and altered ds to the fact they are being watched


9 of them have been put on gardening leave pending a investigation

I know in my gut something is going on and the vouchers having something to do with them I am beyond up set I tell you if dh hadn’t had a word with me I would of lost my shit

Came home today and ds was at home asked him what he was doing at home he lied said that all overtime shifts had been
cancelled having been —listening at the door—hoover I got a few bits about having a bad feeling and OMG everyone has been sent home and what did you tell them

I confronted ds and he dh said look you may as well tell us your mum thinks somethings up and she s usually right he then confessed he told us he didn’t do anything and joined and union this morning after 18 months of bugging him to so must be worried

I am ashamed and he earns just shy of 400 a month so no idea why he would shame him self or us like this

I am pretty certain the ship think their all in intogethet to will sack them all

[2andcountingtodate]

Sounds like he is still lying if you found a lot of vouchers in his room. The truth will most likely come out though, I just hope he is honest with you before then.

[purplecorkheart]

Honestly I would be looking for legal advice. Ok, they have suspended him for a small transaction but there is a real chance that more will turn up in the investigation.

The fact that his meeting is at the end of the week worries me. All the people in front of him will be asked about his involvement (and others). Each person will want to protect themselves. He better go in and be telling 100% truth with no attitude.

Don't be banking on how others got on in their meetings, they may have to sign documents saying they would not say anything. They may not be honest. Legal advice where your son is a hundred percent honest (which he may not do in front of his parents) is the way to go.

[Juells]

Has he burned the vouchers?

[GloGirl]

I actually know someone very well who was sent to prison for 6 months for a very very similar offence. It was his first time in trouble with the law and I think as there was a group of them they took the theft as a more "organised" affair (rather than as it was, a group of very stupid young adults.)

[GloGirl]

I actually know someone very well who was sent to prison for 6 months for a very very similar offence. It was his first time in trouble with the law and I think as there was a group of them they took the theft as a more "organised" affair (rather than as it was, a group of very stupid young adults.)

[Chasing]

Any update OP? I hope you’re ok and that DS has don’t the right think and been honest with you. As others have said, he’s known what he was doing was wrong, and this isn’t a reflection on you.