Category Archives: Employee Fraud
Top Cop Wore Fake Medal
The Sun website reports that a police officer was shopped by his ex-wife over his “bare-faced lies” that he served in the Navy during the Falklands War.
Chief Constable Nick Adderley wore a bogus South Atlantic Medal awarded to those who served in the conflict – even though he was a 15-year-old sea cadet at the time.
Pharmacist Stole Weight Loss Drugs
The Mail Online website reports that a pharmacist stole £15,000-worth of prescription weight-loss drugs and shingles vaccines to secretly stock up an online business.
A court heard how Modie Al-Shakarchi set up the fraudulent business to ‘prove himself’ to his high-achieving family.
read more£170k Conman Stole £90k More
The Mail Online website reports that a conman who once blew £170,000 of stolen money on a cocaine-fuelled weekend, has been jailed for stealing £90,000 from his new employers.
Darren Carvill changed his surname to Medhurst by deed poll, and landed jobs as a finance assistant at a travel agency and an hotel.
Worker Stole £81k For House Deposit
The BBC News website reports that a man has been sentenced for defrauding his employer of £81,000, to partly pay for a house deposit and a car loan.
Muhammad Shafiq stole the money from a media company in Bristol over a period of 18 months, transferring the cash to his own bank account and then to a company he set up.
read moreCouncil Worker Stole £8.5k
The Spalding Voice website reports that a District Council employee spent £8,470 on company cards after her mental health deteriorated due to her workload.
During a financial investigation, Beverley Paskell’s spending had been traced over a two-year period.
read moreCashier Stole £186k
According to the Wirral Globe website, a cashier stole £186,000 in cash from his auctioneer employers to fund his gambling habit.
Daniel Remmington – jailed for six years – stole the money in just over a year, making large payments into his own bank account.
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