Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to the BBC News website, a woman stole almost £25,000 from her employer, making nine fraudulent transactions.

Jill Cannon – jailed for 12 months – admitted transferring money into her account while working for a bridal wear manufacturer in Newark.

The Daily Record website reports that a TSB bank manager stole £18,000 from the account of a vulnerable pensioner.

Kerry Hamilton had access to all accounts held at bank as part of her duties, but a probe was launched after ‘irregularities’ were flagged up on account belonging to a 68-year-old customer.

The Mortgage Finance Gazette website reports that cases of fraud by employees rose due to Covid-19 last year, according to KPMG’s latest UK Fraud Barometer.

The number of fraud acts committed by employees rose from 44 in 2020 to 66 in 2021, with the majority of cases shown as being cyber-enabled.

According to the Birmingham Live website, a heavily pregnant woman has been jailed for stealing £290,000 from her employers, which she spent on things to ‘make herself feel better’.
Payroll coordinator Maisie Passey made hundreds of fraudulent payments to herself over a three-year period, spending the cash on drink, drugs, socialising and furniture.

The Chronicle Live website reports that a former British Airways worker has been jailed for a sophisticated £365,000 compensation fraud.

Anthony Robertson completed claim application forms online, pretended to be a customer and then used his own bank details to receive the pay-outs.

The Stoke Sentinel website reports that an account manager at an employment agency stole more than £13,000 from his employer.

And, whilst James Pemberton was being investigated for that offence, he also stole over £9,000 from a family-owned car garage business.