Former Pharmacy Tech and Husband Charged with Embezzling 40,000 Vicodin Tablets from Local CVS to Sell on Street
HOLLISTER - Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that a former CVS pharmacy technician and her husband have been charged with 15 felony counts after the woman embezzled tens of thousands of highly addictive prescription pills worth $400,000 from her employer to supply to her drug-dealing husband. Aimee and Alfred Riaski, both 41 and from Hollister, were arrested after an investigation by Brown's Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement led to the recovery of more than 1,500 prescription tablets at the couple's residence. If convicted, Aimee Riaski faces a maximum of 13 years, 8 months in jail and Alfred Riaski faces a maximum of 8 years, 4 months in jail.