Macy’s confirms employee hid $151M in expenses to cover mistakes

[KARAH RUCKER]

MACY’S REVEALED NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE WHO HID MILLIONS OF DOLLARS … SAYING WHAT STARTED AS A SINGLE MISTAKE LED TO *YEARS* OF COVERUP.

THE COMPANY DISCOVERED LAST MONTH THE EMPLOYEE INTENTIONALLY ENTERED ERRONEOUS ACCOUNTING FIGURES TO HIDE ABOUT 151 MILLION DOLLARS OF DELIVERY EXPENSES.

ACCORDING TO THE WALL STREET JOURNAL … THE EMPLOYEE TOLD INVESTIGATORS THEY MISTAKENLY UNDER-STATED THE AMOUNT OF SMALL PACKAGE DELIVERIES IN 20-21 … WHICH RESULTED IN TRYING TO MASK THE ERROR WITH NEARLY THREE YEARS OF INCORRECT ACCOUNTING ENTRIES AND FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS.

CHAIRMAN AND C-E-O OF MACY’S TONY SPRING CONFIRMED THE NOW EX-EMPLOYEE’S INTENTION WAS TO HIDE THE MISTAKE AND NOT TO STEAL MONEY FOR PERSONAL GAIN. 

SPRING SAYS THE COMPANY IS WORKING TO STRENGTHEN ITS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

THE INVESTIGATION FORCED MACY’S TO DELAY ITS THIRD-QUARTER EARNINGS REPORT BY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AS IT WORKED TO FINISH ITS INVESTIGATION … FINALLY RELEASING THE NUMBERS WEDNESDAY.

NET SALES DROPPED 2-POINT-4 PERCENT TO 4-POINT-7 BILLION DOLLARS … WITH MACY’S SHARES ALSO DROPPING 10 PERCENT EARLY IN THE DAY.

THE DEPARTMENT STORE CHAIN ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY THAT IT WOULD SHUTDOWN 150 STORES OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS – INCLUDING 55 BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. 

FOR SAN – I’M KARAH RUCKER.

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