Category Archives: Employee Fraud

As reported on the Mirror website, a former employee at Coutts – the Queen’s bank – has been jailed for defrauding customers out of more than £1.2million to help fund a gambling addiction.

Luke Williams abused his position to access customers’ personal details, which he then passed on to three other criminals, who then posed as the customers and tried to access their accounts.

The Chronicle Live website reports that bosses of a butchers chain were left “heartbroken” when a trusted employee stole thousands of pounds from them in a “sophisticated” fraud.

Phillippa Neville hatched a plan to steal thousands of pounds from her employers through fraudulent bank transfers, even though she had worked for Premier Meats for more than 20 years.

According to the Nottingham Post website, a racetrack manager stole nearly £13,000-worth of equipment from work, which he sold on eBay to fund his gambling addiction.

Adam Bacon was employed at Donington Park racing circuit, earning up to £48k per year, but has now “lost everything”, including his home and marriage.

The News & Star website reports that a tyre firm worker disabled a security camera while stealing stock worth more than £6,000 over several months.‬

Jason Mark Bowe confessed to his crime, admitted to selling the tyres on Facebook and even produced an itemised breakdown of what he had stolen.

As reported on the Metro website, a fraudster has been ordered to pay back more than £1 million he stole from bosses at Sir Robert McAlpine.

Neil Stanley Dunningham and David Ager stole £1.3million in a series of complex frauds, paying off their mortgages and buying luxury cars.

According to the Mail Online website, a soldier stole £26,000-worth of army equipment to sell on eBay, with some items being ‘attractive to criminal and terrorist organisations’.

Lance Corporal Adam Tonkin raided the stores facility where he worked and stole hi-tech military gear to sell online via his girlfriend’s eBay account.