A Hall County Sheriff’s Office investigation has resulted in the arrest of a Gillsville woman for stealing nearly $170,000 from her employer this year.
The Warrants Unit of the Sheriff’s Office arrested Heather Harrison Pile, 38, at her Harmony Church Road residence on Monday afternoon, Nov. 2. She is charged with felony theft by conversion.
The Sheriff’s Office says it learned about the crime on Friday, Oct. 23, when deputies responded to the business on Murphy Boulevard in Gainesville. Officials with the Kipper Tool Company notified the Sheriff’s Office after discovering irregularities in company financial records.
According to the preliminary investigation, between January and October of 2020, Pile used a company credit card to pay her own personal bills. Pile had access to the card through her employment at the business in an accounting role. Investigators have determined that Pile allegedly took more than $168,000 of the business’s funds.
Pile was booked in at the Hall County Jail following her arrest and released Monday evening on $5,700 bond.
The case remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.
