Dive summary:

• Erica Scotfield, an employee of Empire Recycling Corp.in Syracuse, N.Y., has been charged with stealing more than $50,000 from the company.
• When customers would bring in scrap metal, Scotfield would claim they brought in more than they did and pocket the money, or just make up entire transactions.
• Scotfield has been charged with single counts of second- and third-degree grand larceny and five counts of first-degree falsifying business records. 

From the article:

Erica Scofield, 26, an employee of Utica-based Empire Recycling Corp., allegedly falsified records to show customers selling much more scrap metal than the amount they brought in and pocketing the extra cash, as well as making up entire transactions. ...