Category Archives: Employee Fraud

As reported on the BBC News website, a bookmakers’ manager stole thousands of pounds from his employer to fund his worsening gambling addiction.

Daniel Cassidy admitted stealing £9,500 from his employer and he was sentenced to an 11-month, suspended jail term and ordered to pay £5,000.

The Mail Online website reports that a charity worker sold Alton Towers and Legoland tickets meant for terminally-ill children on eBay in a scam that netted her £30,000.

Heidi Bucknall – jailed for 26 months – used dead youngsters’ names to fraudulently claim the cash over a six-year period.

As reported on the Mail Online website, a council employee stole more than £1 million from his local authority employers and spent it on foreign holidays, meals out and luxury goods.

Michael Paterson – jailed for four years – took the huge amount of cash over a 17-year period, and claimed he stole to pay off his debts.

As reported on the Teeside Live website, a manager at a haulage company stole £37,209 after staff began working from home during the COVID pandemic.

Andrea Lakey was allowed to take the firm’s banking device home, and was responsible for processing the payroll of two companies, with the same owner.

As reported on the Nottinghamshire Police website, a former accounts manager has been given a suspended jail sentence after stealing nearly £27,000 from her employers.

Louise Pitt created duplicate invoices for legitimate payments before substituting their payment details for her own.

As reported on the Harrogate Advertiser website, a former finance manager has been jailed after stealing £334,000 from her employers.

Louise Chambers made fraudulent payments from company accounts to accounts linked to herself, including a current account, a credit card and a council tax account.