Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Shropshire Star website reports that a John Lewis stockroom worker who stole more than £45,000 of items and sold them online has been jailed.

Lai Uong worked at John Lewis in Bluewater Shopping Centre for more than 17 years before an internal investigation was launched into missing stock, including laptops and mobile phones.

The Bournemouth Daily Echo website reports that a woman defrauded her employer out of thousands of pounds and made bomb hoax calls to her office.

Angela Gurung worked in the financial department at retirement housing giant McCarthy Stone when she committed the offences.

The Kent Online website reports that a company boss is to sue a former employee who almost brought his company to its knees.

Selena Cronin was convicted of taking £33,274 from the company, after hiding the fact that had previously been given a police caution for a £20,000 fraud.

The Okehampton Times website reports that a finance director swindled £62,000 from the Dartmoor hotel where he worked and spent it on ‘life’s little luxuries’.

Alex Stevens used his company credit card to fraudulently withdraw thousands of pounds from cashpoints and pay his personal bills.

As reported on the Metro website, a taxman used the hijacked identity of a dead man to cover up a £171,000 VAT fraud and money-laundering offences.

James McGee was found with two bank cards in the name of the deceased person when he was arrested.

According to the BBC News website, a former bank employee has been jailed for taking almost £900,000 out of customer accounts.

Hamzah Issak altered account details whilst working at a Leicester branch of HSBC between 2016 and 2018.