Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a financial controller stole £6.7 million from the cash reserves of his employer, despite earning over £80k per year.

James Hall stole to ‘secure the financial security of his wife and children’ but then lost most of the money gambling on the FTSE 100 index.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a bookkeeper defrauded her employer out of nearly £70,000 using fake invoices, passing them off as payments to clients.

Gillian Wilde’s fraud was uncovered when her boss noticed her taking expensive holidays and wearing designer clothing.

According to the Nottinghamshire Live website, a gin distillery expert who was headhunted by a company for his expertise abused his position as a director to steal around £143,000.

Thomas Masters had set out plans to create a gin school with a bar and restaurant, but used the cash he stole to fund his gambling addiction.

As reported on the Evening Standard website, a forensics specialist working for the Metropolitan Police has admitted stealing cameras from work to sell on eBay.

A search of Greg Brinklow’s home found three cameras, and subsequent investigation of his online trading account led to sales of three more being uncovered.

According to the Car Dealership website, a worker stole more than £10,000 from the dealer group who employed him, in a fraudulent scheme that saw him redirect DVLA cheques into his own bank account.

Michael Richards took a total of 73 cheques from the DVLA and paid them into his personal account in 18 different batches.

The Mail Online website reports that a heartless fraudster stole £45,000 from vulnerable children when she worked in admin at a children’s homes firm.

Sarah Rollinson stole hundreds of pounds each week in cash, and flaunted her ill-gotten gains by always wearing new clothes and taking taxis.