I am a loss prevention detective and had been trying to catch an adult femle for over a year. She was stealing merhandise and returning it or keeping it for her own use. I had a few incidents recorded of her stealing but was unable to stop her because i was missing one of my 5 elements needed to make an stop. I did catch her about 4 weeks ago stealing over $130 worth of merhandise and even using some wire cutters to defeat our EAS sensors. I interviewed her and got her to admitt to causing a loss of $3500 to our company over the last 15 months. We did a prommisary note and made payments of just under $300 a month for 12 months to pay it in full. Well when it came time to get the first payment I get a letter from her stating she has filed chapter 7 and added our $3500 she owed us in it. SO here are my questions... 1) can she add this $3500 if it is because of crimes she committed and not shopping debt? If not how do i get in contact with someone to let them know she filed a false debt? 2) If she can add us even if it is to pay back crime debt, is there anything else we can do?
Thansk for any info

