Category Archives: Employee Fraud

As reported on the Business Matters Magazine website, shoplifting offences are soaring, with criminals seemingly operating “without fear of apprehension.”

The Office for National Statistics reported a 30% increase in annual shoplifting offences, with 443,995 incidents recorded in the year to March 2024.

The BBC News website reports that a serial fraudster stole nearly £600,000 from his employer after lying to a recruitment agency to get his job.

Andrew Maxted took the money from the building company, where he worked as an accountant, to buy luxury cars and holidays.

The Island Echo website reports that a holiday park employee stole more than £13,000 by simply refunding business transactions onto her personal bank cards.

Kathryn Lucas made the fraudulent transactions over a period of less than two years, and initially claimed her family were being chased by loan sharks.

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.