Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to the Plymouth Live website, a multi-million pound refit of assault vessel HMS Bulwark was delayed by three days after £24,000 worth of red diesel was stolen.

Lee Mann was detained by Ministry of Defence Police following an inquiry into the suspected loss of red diesel from a generator at HMNB Devonport in 2021.

The Oxford Mail website reports that a music shop employee stole £27,000-worth of stock to sell on eBay after struggling with his finances.

Christopher Riton-Hayward began stealing from his employer within months of taking the job and spent half a year taking items from the stock room.

According to the Law Gazette website, a former legal cashier with a Yorkshire law firm has been barred, after helping herself to thousands from the office account.

Jenny Spink joined Pudsey Legal Services in March 2020 and subsequently made five transfers to her own bank account before leaving two years later.

According to the Swindon Advertiser website, a Post Office employee defrauded his employer out of nearly £200,000 by falsely registering stamp refunds.

A court heard how Shane Pearce also stole stamps worth a total of £30,210, over a four-year period.

As reported on the Worcester News website, the manager of a city-centre pub stole over £4,000 – but was spared immediate jail time for the sake of her young son.

A court heard how Laura Beatson took £4,033.65 of her employer’s takings and another £389.40 in ’till monies’.

As reported on the Wales Online website, an office administrator who stole £150,000 from one of Wales’ best-known restaurants has been ordered to pay back just £1.

Nicola Nightingale managed the venue’s accounts and left it massively in debt just as the COVID pandemic hit, enlisting her husband, Simon, in the scam.