Jail for employee theft

Stephanie Ann Elmiger, 44, gained her boss’ trust — he rewarded her with increasing levels of business and financial responsibility. She repaid him by siphoning off company funds. Yesterday the solo mother faced her day of reckoning in the Rotorua District Court where Judge Tony Snell sentenced her to 2 years 8 months behind bars. He also ordered her to pay $192,594.17 reparation to the man she duped, Richard BlakeneyWilliams Snr, owner of Taupo¯’s Central Motor Group.