Bookkeeper Charged for Payroll Theft at Scott's Auto

Lisa-Ann L. Balliet, 45, has been charged with theft by deception for allegedly taking $2,243.57 from her employer, on Sullivan Trail, from Jan. 1 to March 15 in 2010, according to court records.

Balliet, who earned $18.27 an hour and was in charge of payroll, allegedly paid herself $1,348.32 in overtime and $895.25 in commission.

According to , she said the payments were the result of a "keypunch error" she had made. Her job duties included handling accounts receivable, monthly account reconciliation payroll and submitting employee hours worked, including her own.

Balliet worked as a full-time bookkeeper at Scott's from May 2008 to March 2009. The records did not state how she may have paid herself after she left the business.

Scott's general manager, Matthew Dewalt, said that hourly employees had to receive authorization from their supervisors for overtime and that, according to the employee manual, nothing indicated that employee could earn a commission.

Company officials, the record states, found that Balliet had given herself overtime and a commission without permission.

Court records list Balliet's address as New London, Ct. She is free on 10 percent of $10,000 bail.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled April 19.

The above arrest information was supplied by the office of District Judge Jacqueline Taschner. It does not indicate a conviction.