Fined or Jailed
In Canada, a person convicted of theft under $5,000 can wind up paying fines of up to $2,000 or end up behind bars for up to six months. And if the judge is in a really bad mood, they could end up fining the person and sending them to jail, too.
At that point, all Cindy could think about was how she was going to get out of this. Would she be able to talk her boss down from calling the police? She wasn’t sure, but she also knew what would happen if she didn’t try.