Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Bromley Today website reports that a ‘serial fraudster’ has been jailed for five years after stealing over £500,000 from various employers.

Oonagh Grant was convicted of stealing from a solicitors in 2011, but changed her name in 2013 to work as a self-employed contractor for a law firm in Lewisham.

The BBC News website carries the story of a finance director who has been jailed for stealing £6m from his employer – which put the company into administration.

Michael Collins stole money whilst working at The Mediterranean Insurance and Reinsurance Company Limited (MedRe) which went bust in 2015.

The Express & Star website reports that a man who stole from his employer in an attempt to pay back a £50,000 debt was caught after the business set up a sting operation.

Adrian Hale, from Walsall, worked as a picker with Brownhills company L&S Engineers – a supplier of spare parts to the construction and plant hire industries.

The Plymouth Herald reports that a wedding venue employee stole over £14,000 from his boss and blew the cash on online bookies.

Niki Jones – who falsified his CV to get the job – submitted false invoices from the internet and had the money paid into his own bank account.

The Blackpool Gazette reports that an employee of Fleetwood Town took almost £5,000 from the football club in a ticket refund scam over an eleven-month period.

David Holloway – and a colleague, ticket office worker David Hart – gave excessive refunds totalling £4,696 during the 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons.

Bradford’s Telegraph & Argus reports that a trusted employee and friend stole £20,000 from his boss by using company materials to carry out work for himself.

Matthew Long, a married father-of-five and a “pillar of respectability”, worked as contracts manager for Kwik Klik Hoardings, which provided shop front hoardings for large shopping centres.