Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Daily Star website reports that a warehouse worker stole Pokemon cards valued at £60,000 from his employer, and stowed them in his mum’s house.

Kyriacos Christou took the cards when he picked up orders for an online business, which sells the Japanese trading cards for hundreds of pounds.

The Cheshire Live website reports that a warehouse worker stole a pallet-load of Viagra, worth £42,000, from his workplace, Phoenix Medical Supplies.

Eugene O’Neill’s theft was reported by a work colleague and further analysis of CCTV footage revealed him loading the medication onto a van.

Mail Online reports that a fraudster landed a well-paid job in the Civil Service despite supplying a reference in the name a popular Assassin’s Creed video game character.

Angelica Stoichkov was paid more than £25,000 in wages after working for the General Chiropractic Council [GCC] whilst moonlighting for DEFRA.

The Oxford Mail website reports that a garage manager was caught on CCTV on three separate occasions stealing tyres from his employer.

Chris Rockell claimed that the tyres were old and he had put them in his car only to drive them to the back of the shop, where they were piled up ready for disposal.

According to the iNews website, a former Manchester City employee stole more than £100,000 through refunds and hospitality packages whilst working for the football club.

Fiona Barclay worked as a business development manager and, for almost two years, she “dishonestly abused” her position, a court heard.

The Portsmouth News website reports that an HMRC employee diverted refunds of up to £16,000 that were due to be issued to eight ‘dormant’ accounts – including those belonging to dead people – to himself and spent them on ‘goods and treats’, before completing false records to try and cover his tracks.