The Brief

An employee working the toll booth at the Orange County Convention Center was able to secretly take more than $57,000 in parking fees by using her own credit card reader, according to an audit conducted by the Orange County Comptroller.

It was only discovered after surveillance cameras were installed in the toll booths, according to the audit.

The backstory:

Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond revealed the development in his latest audit.

In 2017, an audit was conducted, which revealed discrepancies in the parking fees collected and the cash on hand for the parking garage at the convention center. That audit also determined that there were no cameras in the tollbooths.

At the time, then-Orange County Convention Center Director Kathie Canning, told FOX 35 that she agreed

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