My question involves criminal law for the state of: Maryland
None of this is about me, it is about people I know. I apologize if the details are a little sketch for this reason.
I work for a major retail store. I used to have a Supervisor who was twice accused of theft there. The first time, there was no evidence and he fully admitted he was the last person to see the item.
The second time, the same thing. He admitted to being last person seeing said item and was placed on leave. Both times involved the same type of item of value around $2000. First time was new, second time was defective item.
Here is where it gets interesting.
Said Supervisor works for the Gov and has a TS/SCI clearance. Any accusal of theft would result in an inquiry and submission to a lie detector. Since there was no evidence to support that he had stolen the items, the company did not contact his Gov employer.
However an employee did. Someone who used to work under this Supervisor was the one who review the tapes and pointed the finger. He also contacted the Gov employer and notified them of the suspicion of theft. Since the lie detector was passed and the company had no evidence, he was not fired from either job, but separated from the retail store.
Now a co-worker has alerted me that the said employee has file criminal charges against his former supervisor. When I read the docket it shows him filing for theft of property under $500 also for theft of property for over $500.
I am trying to figure out if this is legal. How can an employee of a company accuse another employee of theft and then when cleared, file his own criminal charges on behalf of that company. Considering it was not even his property.
Any thoughts are appreciated.

