Former waitress accused of increasing tips on checks

WTSP-TV | USA TODAY

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A 21-year-old former waitress at the Ozona Blue restaurant in Florida has been charged with grand theft for allegedly increasing the amount of tips her customers charged.

Victoria Lynn Bachmann, according to Pinellas County deputies, changed the tips on 134 checks, amounting to $1,074.15. She would take the bill from a customer and enter a higher amount in the computer than the customer wrote on the bill, the arrest affidavit says.

The restaurant would cash out the servers at the end of the night, according to the arrest affidavit. Ozona Blue would then request payment from the credit or debit card issuers, which would charge the restaurant back since the charges were fraudulent.

Bachmann was arrested on May 5. She was fired from the restaurant on April 10.