A SeaWorld supervisor has been charged with theft of more than $100,000 from the company’s Aquatica water park in Orlando, after admitting to voiding tickets and pocketing the money.
Lisa Olivardia, 50, was arrested on charges of grand theft and scheme to defraud.
Orange County police found she voided tickets between 2013 and 2015, and also pilfered money from the cash drawers of fellow employees working in the guest relations department.
In total she stole about $116,000, investigators said.
She was caught and fired late last year after an internal investigation.
According to a court affidavit, she blamed ‘uncontrollable debt’ for the offenses and was released from the Orange County Jail on Monday on a $105,000 bond.
"She repeatedly explained that she had uncontrollable debt and that she was very willing to make restitution for the thefts," the affidavit said.
