Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to the South Wales Argus website, a payroll manager stole more than £21,000 from his employer to fund his cocaine and gambling addictions.

Connor Hickman stole the money to pay for a £1,000 a week drug habit and to feed his gambling problem which saw him lose around £500 every seven days.

The BBC News website reports that a finance manager shopped at Harrods and Selfridges and went on long-haul holidays after stealing £189,000 from her employer.

Anita Mirmohammadi also spent money at Mercedes-Benz and had dental work done at a Harley Street clinic in London.

The Daily Record website reports that a thieving grandma who stole over £1.5m from her employer, used some of the cash to pay off a colleague who was blackmailing her.

Coleen Muirhead made the claim in court as prosecutors sought to claw back a large chunk of her ill-gotten gains.

The Wales Online website reports that a finance manager stole £140,000 from her employers years after being jailed for leaving another employer out of pocket.

Victoria King earned £45,000 annually, but paid herself an extra £7,500 a month by fiddling the books.

According to the Plymouth Live website, a bakery worker has admitted stealing tens of thousands of pounds in cash from her workplace over an eight-year period.

Cathryn Horsfield admitted theft by an employee to the value of £111,296 between January 2014 and February 2022.

According to the Wales247 website, a cashier has been jailed for a year after stealing thousands of pounds from her employer.

Rebecca Hanford’s fraud was uncovered when the business noted a shortfall of approximately £55,000 in their accounts.