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An employee of a New Berlin company charged more than $16,000 in personal expenses on company credit cards, a charge alleges.

Jeffery Schick, 26, of West Allis was released on a signature bond Wednesday after being charged with felony fraudulent use of a credit card.

According to the criminal complaint filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court, Schick was hired by ABB Automation in New Berlin in April 2000 as a repairman and was given two credit cards to charge fuel for company vehicles and purchase tools.

Between July 2000 and August 2001 he used the cards to buy personal items at businesses in eight counties, the complaint alleges. Even after he was fired, he used one credit card number to rent a party tent, it says.

Schick apologized to police investigators and said he planned to pay back ABB as soon as possible, the complaint says.