Category Archives: Employee Fraud

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.

According to the Hull Live website, a fraudster fascinated by the TV programme Rogue Traders turned himself into a conman in a £378,300 VAT refunds scam that netted more than £158,300.

Lance Johns roped in a very hard-up father who handed over his personal details so that the fraud could escalate.

The Southwark News website reports that a cleaning manager tried to pocket almost £170,000 from the financial company Blackrock UK to buy a house in Colombia and several holidays.

Hoover Yasno-Moreno used his role as contracts manager to alter bank details to divert thousands of pounds to himself.