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Sodexho employees fired after investigation Two
Sodexho employees were fired after an investigation by TCU Police
connected them to the unauthorized use of a student’s ID card
to make purchases on campus. TCU Police detective Kelly Ham was in charge of the four-day-long investigation and said he discovered two Sodexho employees and one TCU student used a student’s ID card to make $174.52 in purchases. Ham said he investigated this incident by viewing both records from the ID center and video tapes from video cameras at cashier stands. The student who lost his ID card, David Sanders, a junior finance major, requested that no criminal charges be pressed against the two employees or the student who used his ID card without authorization. Sanders said he left his ID card in the Worth Hills dining area Feb. 24 and went to the ID Card Center two days later to get a new ID card. It wasn’t until more than two weeks later that Sanders said he noticed a significant amount of money missing from his card. Sanders said he asked the ID center to trace the purchases made. Ham said a Sodexho employee probably found Sanders’ ID card Feb. 24, but it wasn’t until Feb. 25 that it was used to make purchases. The employee approached a student and asked the student to use the ID card to make some purchases for him, Ham said. The student used Sanders’ ID card to buy three cases of Coke for a total of $103. The student then gave the ID card back to the Sodexho employee. Later that day, the employee gave the ID card to another employee to buy two cases of fruit drinks for $71.52. “Since
every location on campus with a cash register has a video camera,
these transactions were all recorded on videotape,” Ham said.
“Now with this video-monitoring system, it’s virtually
impossible to misuse an ID card.” Sanders said he is pleased with how TCU and Sodexho have handled this situation because the $174. 52 was credited back to his account. Rick Flores, general manager for Sodexho, said he’s thankful the cameras were in place to record these events. “It’s a great system of checks and balances,” Flores said. Flores said Sodexho does background checks on its employees, but do not go through police records. Employees are trained to look at ID cards when purchases are made to ensure the ID card is being used by the proper student, Flores said. “But transactions happen very quickly, and we encourage Sodexho employees to keep speed and efficiency up while at the same time keeping the students safe,” Flores said. Anthony
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