Authorities are seeking a Southern California warehouse manager who is accused of stealing more than $1 million worth of COVID-19 tests from his employer’s clinic.
Authorities are seeking a Southern California warehouse manager who is accused of stealing more than Carlitos Peralta, 33, had access to his employer’s shipping and delivery system, according to Santa Ana police. His employer has seven warehouses nationwide that are used to store and ship COVID-19 tests to customers that include clinics, pop-up testing sites, schools and hotels.Peralta diverted nearly 100 separate shipments from multiple warehouses to his home, police said.
The rerouting of the tests may have begun as far back as December, Cpl. Maria Lopez, a police spokesperson, told the Southern California News Group. Authorities would not say whether any of the tests have been recovered. Lopez said Peralta put down a coworker’s name as the sender of one of the shipments that went to his home.
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