My friends from US got robbed

They are the owners of a gas station in West Palm Beach. The robber is their “loyal” employee whom I got to meet while on vacation in December 2007.
For three years he cashed $5 tickets but rang them up as $25 tickets and pocketed the difference. Investigators say he also stole tickets from his inventory and cashed winners at nearby stores.
According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s report, he told detectives he originally stole the money because he was short on cash, but continued when he realized he wasn’t being discovered.
Florida Lottery officials audited the Texaco station at Okeechobee Blvd. in January and found “several discrepancies,” between what the state paid out and what the station paid.
The station’s owner then did her own audit and found a difference of $50,415.40. The owner was able to trace the thefts to days when Daniel was the only worker on duty.
Daniel had worked at the station for 10 years, the last three under the current owner.