Cops: Manager Stole $230K from Ruth's Chris in Garden City

A manager at a Garden City restaurant faces grand larceny charges for stealing more than $230,000 over five years from his employer, according to Nassau County Police.

Cops said Barry Pearlstein, 70, was working in executive management at Ruth’s Chris Steak House on Old Country Road when he devised a scheme to defraud the company.

Between Jan. 1, 2009 and June 18, 2014, Pearlstein, who now lives in Florida, stole more than $230,000 by underreporting sales and reducing cash deposits, cops said.

On Monday, Pearlstein surrendered to the Crimes Against Property Squad, who charged him with second-degree grand larceny and 10 counts of falsifying business records, cops said. He will be arraigned Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Photo: Barry Pearlstein|Credit: NCPD

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