Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Derbyshire Live website reports that a letting agent account manager abused the trust of her employer when she stole £75,000 from them.

Julie Barnett transferred cash from the agency into her own bank accounts over a two-year period.

The BBC News website reports that an admin worker stole more than £16,000 from a family-run construction firm, leaving the business “devastated”.

Angela Townend – the only person outside the family to have access to the company’s business account – stole the money on repeated occasions.

The GB News website reports that an NHS administrator has been spared jail after sending £80,000 of stolen cash to her Nigerian online boyfriend.

Hyacinth Blair withdrew large sums from South London & Maudsley NHS trust accounts, before sending the cash to Michael Okafor.

According to the West Mercia Police website, a financial director defrauded his employer to the tune of £300,000 over a period of eight years. David Carr used company credit cards to book luxury holidays to Florida and cruises, supported a lifestyle well beyond his means. As well as trips to Disney World, he also bought high value …

The BBC News website reports that an accountant stole more than £2.4m from companies she worked for, in order to fund her gambling addiction.

Jemma Lewis – who was on a £200,000 salary – stole money from five businesses within the same family of companies, a court was told.

The BBC News website reports that an NHS doctor and her husband have been jailed for 10 months each after selling stolen hospital PPE on eBay during the COVID pandemic.

Dr Attiya Sheikh and Omer Sheikh made almost £8,000 from selling the personal protective equipment.