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<\/p>\nFormer employee accused of stealing over $1K from Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 3:54 PM EDT Mar 30, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tA former Rivers Casino employee is facing charges after officials say she stole more than $1,000 from the establishment while working as a host at one of its restaurants. According to a public information report from Pennsylvania State Police, Rivers Casino Security notified officials on March 20, regarding an employee theft incident. Security reported that a finance audit identified a $1,931.95 shortage from Jan. 16, 2026, through March 14, 2026. The audit, according to the release, regarded a host\/cashier at one of the casino’s restaurants. Over the nearly two-month time period, officials said the cash register drawer was “short on thirteen occasions.” Pennsylvania State Police have since charged 18-year-old Jacqueline Lu with theft by unlawful taking.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n A former Rivers Casino employee is facing charges after officials say she stole more than $1,000 from the establishment while working as a host at one of its restaurants. <\/p>\n According to a public information report from Pennsylvania State Police, Rivers Casino Security notified officials on March 20, regarding an employee theft incident. <\/p>\n Security reported that a finance audit identified a $1,931.95 shortage from Jan. 16, 2026, through March 14, 2026. The audit, according to the release, regarded a host\/cashier at one of the casino’s restaurants. <\/p>\n Over the nearly two-month time period, officials said the cash register drawer was “short on thirteen occasions.” <\/p>\n Pennsylvania State Police have since charged 18-year-old Jacqueline Lu with theft by unlawful taking.<\/p>\n Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former employee accused of stealing over $1K from Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino Updated: 3:54 PM EDT Mar 30, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[69355,894,2697,69357,69354,65323,47770,8372,139,6439,1224,73,75,74,976,25847,3860,209,69356,53657],"class_list":["post-152622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-18-year-old-jacqueline-lu","tag-allegheny-county","tag-city-of-pittsburgh","tag-employee-theft-incident","tag-finance-audit","tag-former-employee","tag-host","tag-march","tag-news","tag-official","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-restaurant","tag-rivers-casino","tag-security","tag-theft","tag-two-month-time-period","tag-unlawful-taking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}