Category Archives: Employee Fraud
Used Car Salesman Stole £30k
According to the Car Dealer Magazine website, a used car dealer has been jailed after stealing company funds in order to fund his ‘lavish lifestyle’.
Ceri Lewis – described as ‘thoroughly dishonest’ – pocketed almost £33,000 over a three-year period, despite a previous conviction for theft from a previous employer.
read moreCharity Worker Stole Over £40k
As reported on the Civil Society website, a former employee of Sense Scotland has pleaded guilty to stealing £40,060 from some of charity’s service users.
A court heard how Violet Connor admitted taking the money from some of the charity’s vulnerable residents during a period of over three years.
read moreTeam Leader Stole Nearly £25k
According to the Lincolnshire World website, a transport planning team leader stole more that £24,000 from his employer, but has been spared a jail term.
Tim Goodliff – given a 16-month sentence, suspended for two years – pleaded guilty of a charge of theft by an employee over a 12-month period.
read moreConvicted Murderer Stole £17k
According to the BBC News website, a convicted murderer who was given a retail management role to assist her rehabilitation, stole £17,000 from the business.
Alison Ramsay was nearing the end of her sentence at a women’s prison when she was given a role at Shared Earth as part of an offender programme.
read moreTop 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.
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