‘Trusted’ employee arrested for alleged $1m restaurant rip-off
A former employee and mother-of-two has been charged with stealing more than $1 million from a Noosa restaurant.
Following a two-year investigation, Jodie Nuske is alleged to have stolen sums of money over a four-year period from Bistro C while she was in control of the company accounts. The forty-one-year old was arrested by Noosa Heads Criminal Investigation Bureau detectives on Friday.
"Sometimes those investigations, especially dealing with financial issues, do take some time, they are quite intricate and complex and it's sometimes a painstaking process to get to the end," said Police Superintendent Darryl Johnson.
Bistro C owner Lorraine Banks described Nuske as a "trusted employee" of 18 years.
"We have been fully co-operating with police in their investigation of (the woman) over the past two years and we are relieved to learn that charges have been laid," Banks said.
"Understandably, this has been a very stressful and upsetting time for our family and we are looking forward to a just outcome ... of the matter."
Sheridan Randall, 23rd July 2019
