Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to the Belfast Telegraph website, an accounts administrator who swindled more than £60,000 from her waste firm employer to feed her gambling addiction has been spared jail.

A court heard how Tracy Carr had tried to cover her tracks whilst committing the thefts over an extended period and breaching the trust placed in her.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a fraudster’s co-workers face the threat of redundancy after he stole almost £240,000 from his small company employers.

David Parker secretly made 53 transactions under the noses of colleagues, moving stolen cash into bank accounts he controlled, over a four-year period.

According to the BBC News website, a payroll clerk who used a computer glitch to steal £350,000 to fund his lavish lifestyle, has been jailed.

Harminder Gill made a total of 181 fraudulent transactions, transferring money to six accounts set up in his and a family member’s name.

According to the Dunfermline Press website, an accounts administrator at a chocolate fountain company who stole £18,000 from her employer has been jailed for almost two years.

Elaine McCall embezzled the money in just over a year and was only discovered when bosses became suspicious of a number of strange payments.

According to the Irish News website, a car dealership employee has admitted swindling close to £500,000 from her employers over a seven-year period.

A court heard how Norma Smith admitted stealing £437,824 from Edwin May Ltd, abusing her position of trust within the company.

The Daily Record website reports that a gambling addict who stole over £1.6million from her car dealership employers has been ordered to sell her home, car and designer goods to pay back what she took.
Karen Brailsford’s fraud included falsifying invoices to fund her addiction, and, at its peak, she managed to take £300,000 from the company in one year.