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Woman allegedly steals $10K to play Facebook game

Jun 19, 2012, 11:12 AM | Updated: 12:41 pm

An Arlington woman has been charged with felony theft for
allegedly using her company credit card to build a virtual
homestead online.

Rebecca Lynn Riley-Terry, 47, is accused of racking up
$9,949.20 in charges on a Facebook game called
FrontierVille.

The game allows players to spend real money on pretend
livestock and crops.

When confronted by police, Riley-Terry allegedly confessed
to using her company’s American Express card to make the
charges between June and Sept. 2011.

Riley-Terry also admitted to using $994.39 to gas up her
personal car without permission from her employer, American
Insure All in Lynnwood.

According to court documents, Riley-Terry repaid $800 of the
charges prior to her arrest for first-degree theft.

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