SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. \u2014 A 21-year-old man faced charges on Thursday afternoon in Miami-Dade County over accusations that he had stolen from his employer in South Miami. <\/p>\n
Miami-Dade corrections booked Jorge Diaz shortly before 9 a.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records. <\/p>\n
Diaz, of West Park, had surrendered at 7:10 a.m. on Thursday at the South Miami Police Department, according to a police officer\u2019s arrest report. <\/p>\n
Baptist Health Orthopedics, Diaz\u2019s employer, terminated his job at 6200 SW 72 St., Suite. 602, in South Miami on March 26, according to the police report. <\/p>\n
Diaz\u2019s supervisor told police officers that on March 19, she \u201cnoticed an unusual increase\u201d in Diaz\u2019s orders in the \u201cother supplies\u201d category, according to the report. <\/p>\n
The supervisor was \u201cunable to justify\u201d about $5,987 in supplies that Diaz had ordered, and she notified human resources, according to police. <\/p>\n
During his employer\u2019s investigation, surveillance video showed Diaz on March 5 \u201cexiting a room carrying several boxes that he had ordered without authorization,\u201d and there were problematic orders from Feb. 2 to Feb 26, according to police. <\/p>\n
Diaz \u201cwillfully and knowingly accessed computer resources from employment computer with the intent to defraud and obtain property,\u201d a police officer wrote, according to an arrest report. <\/p>\n
Diaz faced charges of organized fraud of $20,000 or less and offenses against computer users. His bond is $5,000. <\/p>\n
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