Defendants accused of stealing tips from Kamloops, B.C., Denny's deny wrongdoing
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The three men involved in a civil suit brought by the company behind a Kamloops, B.C., Denny’s restaurant — which claims tip stealing — are denying any wrongdoing.
Northland Properties Corporation claims in a Dec. 16 five-page civil suit that two employees schemed to illicitly move $11,000 from the restaurant’s electronic tip system. Further auditing uncovered another employee, a former manager, who allegedly took nearly $495,000 in tips over a two-year period.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
The employees, Dhruv Rana, former supervisor Brandon Billy and former manager Rob Wiehe, “denies the facts” of the civil claim from Northland in a response filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Jan. 12.
The two-page response said, "Without admitting any of the allegations pleaded in the notice of civil claim, the defendant states that he is willing to engage in good-faith discussions toward a resolution of this matter, including potential settlement.”
The response to the civil claim was filed by Wiehe as a self-represented litigant; no lawyer is listed on the document. He has not responded to requests for comment by CBC News.
The response from Wiehe also includes Rana and Billy’s names as defendants. CBC News has not been able to contact them.
Northland is seeking damages for theft, conversion, civil fraud, breach of employment duties, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary obligations.
The relief sought includes all the monies the suit claims were illegally taken by the three men.
Wiehe’s response to the civil claim opposes the granting of the relief sought by Northland.
The suit, which includes limited information about how exactly the tips meant for employees went missing from the Denny’s in Kamloops, has others in the local restaurant industry baffled.
“It’s a humongous number and I don’t know how it could happen,” said Steve Faraday, who co-owns several restaurants, including the Earls in Kamloops.
Upon hearing of the suit, he contacted his accounting team to ensure the system used to share tips left for his restaurant workers by customers paying with credit or debit was not at risk of fraud.
“There’s, like, no way,” he said he was assured. “It just can’t happen.”
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