Woman faces fraud charge

An Atmore woman is facing felony theft and fraud charges after an investigation of employee activity reports at her place of employment in Century revealed she systematically defrauded and misrepresented to obtain property or cash.

Charissa Leigh Clarke, 31, 139 Sowell Ave., was arrested April 14 following an almost year-long investigation that revealed she and other employees at Fusion Liquor, Inc. created accounts for customers but assigned reward points to those accounts using sales of product not associated with those accounts, according to an Escambia County Sheriff's Office report.

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