Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Yorkshire Post website reports that four British Army soldiers and one of their wives stole military equipment from their regimental stores.

Stephen Miles Bagshaw, his wife Fay Bagshaw, Ben Alexander Garner, Lloyd Doak and Thomas Smith all pleaded guilty to stealing night vision goggles, helmets, weapon sights, ear defenders, clothing and boots worth around £106,000.

The Somerset Live website reports that a pharmacy worker funded a ‘fantasy’ lifestyle of holidays and shopping trips with £1.3m he stole from his employers.

Darren Mackenzie – jailed for over five years – brought John Ware Pharmacies to the brink of financial collapse with his outrageous fraud.

According to The Bolton News website, a former police officer turned trusted business manager stole more than £75,000 from his employers.

Simon Hindley worked as a parts manager and used the company credit card to make thousands of pounds worth of personal purchases.

A story on the Chad website reveals that a bus driver stole £74,000 from his employer and colleagues after racking up spiralling debts.

Andrew Berry was a highly-regarded and trusted member of staff, but a court heard that he abused that trust by stealing tens of thousands of pounds.

The Birmingham Live website reports that an employee at a chemists in Birmingham pretended the premises had been burgled in a bid to hide the fact he had stolen £1,400.

Simon Hodgetts told police that there was a knock at the front door and that he had been confronted by a man with a gun demanding to be let in.

According to the Eastern Daily Press website, more than £1million has been returned to a company defrauded by an employee to feed his gambling addiction.

Andrew May was jailed in 2021 for stealing £1,336,916 from his employer, Sealskinz, following an investigation by Norfolk police.