$5,000 tip on $55 bill leads to woman's arrest in Florida | Inquirer News

$5,000 tip on $55 bill leads to woman’s arrest in Florida

/ 04:54 PM July 06, 2019

Police say a $5,000 (about P256,000) tip a woman left on a $55 (around P2,800) cafe bill was not a case of generosity or charity.

Serina Wolfe is accused of using her boyfriend’s credit card to leave the tip as revenge, and she is charged with theft in the incident.

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Clearwater police say Wolfe was upset her boyfriend would not buy her a plane ticket home to Buffalo, New York. A police report says the boyfriend placed a hold on his credit card during the argument but later lifted it.

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Investigators say Wolfe left the tip at a restaurant in Clearwater’s tourist district last week.

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The boyfriend notified his credit-card company Monday, July 1 calling it a fraudulent charge. Wolfe was arrested Tuesday, July 2 on a felony grand-theft charge.

No one answered a phone number listed for Wolfe. RGA

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