Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville woman is charged for stealing between $40,000 and $50,000 in scratch-off lottery tickets from her job.

According to charging documents, 35-year-old Siearrah Truhn took and activated the lottery tickets while she was working at a convenience store on Maryville Pike.

A investigation involving the store owner and the Lottery Commission led police to the Kroger on Chapman Highway, where employees told them Truhn had redeemed several thousand dollars in scratched tickets.

Documents indicate the employees kept the tickets and reported it to the lottery commission.

Truhn was charged with theft and computer offenses.