Category Archives: Employee Fraud
RAF Chief ‘Fiddled Expenses’
The Sun website reports that an RAF chief based at the Pentagon allegedly fiddled his expenses and stashed thousands in a secret bank account.
Wing Commander Alex Drysdale claimed overseas rent allowance of £2,408 a month for a property he already owned.
read moreBusiness Leaders Fear Fraud Rise
According to the IFA Magazine website, a recent survey shows that business leaders are worried that worsening economic conditions are driving up financial crime.
Fraud was the third highest-ranked risk this year, with theft/improper spending of company money and false accounting and reporting also appearing in the top 10.
read moreLetting Agent Stole £40k
According to the BBC News website, a letting agent stole more than £40,000 by making small payments to herself and listing them as legitimate purchases.
Amber-Louise Milne spent years stealing from BS Properties and was caught when she used the company bank card during a holiday in Benidorm.
read moreAssistant Manager Stole £8,500
The Dorset Echo website reports that the assistant manager of a plumbing supplies firm stole nearly £8,500 from his employer to pay back his drug debts.
Carl Price made two large fraudulent transactions in one month – refunding legitimate purchases by a customer into his own bank account.
read moreInsurers Employee Stole Over £3m
The BBC News website reports that a former general manager of insurance firm Jersey Mutual defrauded the company and stole over £3million over a 13-year period.
A court heard how Roy Anthony Jeanne took advantage of his elevated position and treated the firm as his “own personal credit facility”.
read moreTrio Stole Chicken Worth £318k
The BBC News website reports that three men joined forces to fraudulently supply a company with more than £318,000-worth of chicken.
Darren Williams and Elliot Smith worked at the 2 Sisters Food Group and supplied the meat to the owner of Townsend Poultry, Rana Dhalia.
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