Category Archives: Employee Fraud
Manager Stole £10k
The Northampton Chronicle & Echo website reports that a former manager at a Northampton electrical wholesaler stole goods worth around £10,000 from his employer over the course of a year.
Ian Jones told a court that gambling debts, incurred as a result of mental health struggles from the stress of caring for his sick mother, were a driving factor in the thefts.
read moreEmployee Stole £1.9m
The BBC News website reports that a woman stole £1.9m from her employers over an eight-year period, to fund her “luxury lifestyle”.
Julie McBrien – jailed for five-and-a-half-years – was in charge of finances for Cookstown-based Northern Mouldings Limited.
read moreBarman Stole Over £35k
The Daily Record website reports that a pub worker embezzled more than £35,000 from the bar where he worked, over a two-year period.
Graham Barr – jailed for 30 months – stole the money while cashing up the tills at the Canny Man bar in Ayrshire.
read moreManager Stole Whilst Awaiting Sentence
The Leicester Mercury website reports that a manager cheated his new employer out of cash whilst awaiting sentence for defrauding Nuffield Health out of £60,000.
Calvin Holman made fraudulent expense claims from Axa Insurance, despite having a suspended jail sentence for a similar scam with his previous employer.
read moreJail For Santander Manager
The Sun reports that a Santander customer services manager has been jailed after stealing more than £200,000 from customer accounts.
Mohamed Hussain was provided with compromised account details by an accomplice, Sebastio Sala, and went on to transfer £217,133.17 over a 14-month period.
read moreThief Lied About Mum’s Terminal Cancer
According to the Yorkshire Evening Post website, a thief stole over £7,000 in three months from a small Leeds firm and lied to his bosses about his mum dying from cancer.
Thomas Moule was seen 24 times on CCTV footage taking money that should have gone into the till, losing the company a total of £7,093.
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