Brandon Wojtasek: Employee busted stealing from boss of 10 years

A Kingaroy man’s decade-long career went up in smoke when his suspicious employer took steps to find out where his stock was going, after more than $1600 worth of tobacco disappeared.

A Kingaroy man’s decade long career went up in smoke when a suspicious employer took steps to find missing product and busted his worker stealing tobacco.

Brandon Wojtasek was busted on CCTV footage pocketing the pricey product after his boss installed cameras to find out why items were missing.

An audit later revealed a whopping $1657 or 18 packets in total had vanished between January and February.

The decade-long employee was seen on camera taking tobacco from the counter and putting it in his pocket, police prosecutor Sergeant Lisa Manns told Kingaroy Magistrates Court.

When police confronted the 32-year-old at work he admitted to stealing three packets the previous week.

Wojtasek pleaded guilty to stealing and was fined $500 and ordered to pay $1675 restitution.

No conviction was recorded.