VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Vancouver Police are looking for a woman linked to the thefts of thousands of dollars from two popular festivals.

A theft was discovered on August 3rd by the Vancouver Pride Society.

VPD’s Sgt Randy Fincham says $9,000 appears to have been taken in the days leading up to this year’s Pride Parade and it’s believed this person of interest may have been involved in something similar this time last year.

On September 3rd, 2011, the same woman is believed to have volunteered her services during the Vancouver Taiwanese Festival where it was later discovered that $3,000 went missing.

“A follow-up with both festivals has determined that the volunteer had provided false information about her name,” says Fincham. “All efforts to identify the woman, who’s considered a person of interest at this point, have been exhausted and the Vancouver police now need the public’s help to identify the woman.”

In last year’s theft, the woman allegedly took the cash from a festival tent while in the latter, she had access to the money.

The woman is described as white, 35 to 40 years old, 5’4” tall, with a heavy build and dark wavy shoulder-length hair.

Anyone with information about this person of interest or the thefts is asked to call Vancouver Police General Investigative Unit at (604) 717-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 222-8477.