Auburndale, Fla.-(Newsradio WFLA)- Darla Jean Borders of 149 Bergen Circle here has been arrested on charges of scheming to defraud over $50,000 and grand theft over $100,000.
Detectives say, between August and October of 2018, while Borders was employed by Florida Regional Services to train to be their office manager, she transferred $104,082 from their Bank of America business account to her personal Paypal account.
Florida Regional Services is a literature vendor for Narcotics Anonymous and other private for-profit companies. Their profits come from selling products to rehabilitation facilities, such as pamphlets, success chips and more.
Detectives found evidence that the 55 year-old Borders made three transactions between $24,000 and $47,000 to her Paypal account, totaling $104,082.
Borders then transferred $79,000 from her Paypal account to her personal checking account, and also made purchases from her Paypal account at merchants such as Dicks Sporting Goods; Young Essential Oils; Gear Bubble; and Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
After her arrest, Borders told detectives that she needed the money to purchase hydrocodone and to gamble online.
Photo courtesy Polk County Sheriff's Office