Veteran Employee Of Griscillo’s Thriftway Charged With Theft Over $300,000

Incident Location: Thiftway, 196 Penn Mart Shopping Center, New Castle, Delaware, New Castle County

Date of Occurrence: April 2009 – November 2009

Involved Parties: Suspect Allan Finlaw, 47, of Carney’s Point, New Jersey

Resume: Detectives from the Delaware State Police Financial Crimes Unit have completed the investigation into the theft of over $300.000 from the Griscillo’s Thriftway in New Castle.

Yesterday afternoon, Troopers formally charged Allan Finlaw with 8 counts of Falsifying Business Records (felony). He voluntarily turned himself at Troop 2, accompanied by his attorney, and was released on a $13,000.00 unsecured bond.

This investigation revealed Mr. Finlaw, a 20-year-employee at the grocery store, was responsible for making the bank deposits for the business. An audit of the business records revealed Finlaw began to keep some of the proceeds from these deposits in the beginning of 2009. He would then make up the shortage by using the following days deposit to cover his tracks. This behavior continued through November of 2009.

In all, the business lost over $300,000.00 and eventually closed.