Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Wiltshire Times website reports that bosses were left “feeling sick” after a trusted employee used one of their credit cards for a £14,000 personal spending spree.

Wesley Butler stole the money from his employers – called, ironically, Dependable Limited – during a period from June 2019 until March 2022.

According to the Wales Online website, a worker stole almost £70,000 from his firm – to try and pay back the hundreds of thousands he had stolen from his previous employer.

In order to pay off the stolen money – believed to be in the region of £250,000 – Mayur Gaglani defrauded PSE 2 of £69,544.65 using false invoices and the company’s credit card.

As reported on the Yorkshire Live website, a woman stole almost £100,000 from her employer, telling him she owed the money to loan sharks.

Farida Mughal worked for an estate agent in Dewsbury where she submitted fake invoices purportedly for maintenance works at the company’s 360 properties.

An article on the Business Matters website reports that with the cost-of-living crisis seemingly driving worker theft up, businesses should be extra mindful of the financial effect of a bad hire.

The warning comes following reports from insurer Zurich UK, which shows that employee theft had increased 19% in 2022.

The Wales Online website reports that a doctor who defrauded the NHS out of over £67,000 has had his medical licence returned, and has already received two job offers.

Between 2016 and 2019, Dr. Aled Jones forged hundreds of cheques and claimed for shifts he had not worked at the University Hospital of Wales.

The MyLondon website reports that a primary school business manager who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds to fund her extravagant lifestyle has been jailed for six years.

Debra Poole was in charge of the Surrey school bank accounts plus the finances of its breakfast and after-school club.