Vancouver woman accused of trying to access former employer’s bank accounts

A Vancouver woman who was convicted in 2019 of stealing money from Pacific Crest Building Supply while she worked as a human resources manager is again accused of trying to access the company’s bank account.

Carrie A. Torrence, 41, appeared Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree computer trespassing, second-degree attempted theft and improperly obtaining financial information. She was granted supervised release and is scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 6, court records show.

A manager at Pacific Crest Building Supply called the Clark County Sheriff’s Office to report that the owner of the company received an email March 30 from Capital One. The bank wrote that the company’s card had been canceled and a new one was issued. Records showed the new card was requested by Torrence, and the bank opened a fraud case, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Deputies knew Torrence from a previous case when she altered the business’s payroll and stole about $120,000 over a year, court records state. She was convicted of first-degree theft and fired from the company in 2019.

Fraud investigators at Capital One sent deputies audio recordings of three phone calls made to the bank about the account. In the first call on March 30, the caller identified herself as Torrence. During the call, Torrence can be heard falsely claiming to be an employee of Pacific Crest and attempting to add her phone number to gain access to the account, according to the affidavit.

Torrence then called back five minutes later claiming that the company’s card she had while employed there was lost, according to court records.

In the final call, Torrence can be heard requesting a new card. During the call, she logged on to the company’s account and provided the bank representative with an access code. When the representative told her the card will be sent to the business’s address, Torrence hung up, the affidavit states.