Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Hull Live website reports that a worker secretly sold scaffolding poles belonging to his employer because he needed to raise some much-needed cash.

Mark Dales was originally said to have helped himself to scaffolding worth £215,000 but he insisted that the actual value of the haul was just £7,000.

The Glasgow Evening Times website reports that a trusted manager has admitted stealing tens of thousands of pounds from his training company employers.

John Speirs was originally charged with stealing more than £50,000 over a period of more than two years.

The Oxford Mail website reports that a married man who was scammed in an online honeytrap used his employer’s cash to spend tens of thousands’ of pounds for his internet love-interest.

Alan Falkner stole £46,000 from engine manufacturer Lombardini, spending most of it on Amazon vouchers which he then passed on to a ‘woman’ he had met online.

As reported on the Eastern Daily Press website, a cash-in-transit driver handcuffed himself to his security van’s steering wheel during a faked armed heist of almost £1 million.

Andrew Measor was the ‘inside man’ in the armed robbery in Ilford and waited for two hours before using his nose to dial for help.

The Argus website reports that a finance boss who defrauded his Brighton University employers out of £2million has been jailed for six years.

David Hall spent his ill-gotten gains on holidays and fine dining and covered up his crimes by making fraudulent entries into the university’s accounts.

As reported on the Third Sector website, cancer charity managers have told of their “devastation” after a former employee was ordered to repay just £1 of the £94,000 she stole.

Paula Tribbeck was sentenced to two years in prison after stealing the money from Wessex Cancer Trust between 2013 and December 2019.