April 19, 2024

Former store worker pleads guilty to on-the-job thefts

COUNCIL BLUFFS — A former cellphone store employee in Council Bluffs has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $30,000 while on the job.

Sayeg Moreno Padilla, 21, who lives in Omaha, Neb., was sentenced Monday to five years of probation and ordered to pay back what he stole.

Prosecutors say Moreno Padilla opened fraudulent accounts using 44 cellphones and took $1,500 in gift cards between May 6 and June 16 last year.