Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The BBC News website reports that a council supervisor stole smoke alarms and other equipment and sold them on eBay to try to pay off a £65,000 gambling debt.

Iain Gardyne stole more than 200 separate items over a four-year period, which had an estimated value of between £5,000 and £10,000.

As reported on the York Press website, a cleaning company manager defrauded his company of nearly £10,000 in a scam centred around casual staffing.

A court heard that Joao Manuel Cete found staff and paid them cash in hand with company money without his employer’s knowledge or consent.

According to the Yorkshire Evening Post website, a ‘greedy’ manager stole around £90,000 from the bed company where he worked to fund a lifestyle beyond his means.

Hassan Basser – jailed for 20 months – stole the money over a five-year period, spending a chunk of the ill-gotten gains on a luxury family holiday to Dubai.

The BBC News website reports that a member of Santander’s anti-fraud team has been jailed for selling customers’ details in a £90,000 scam.

Bilal Abbas helped conmen buy Rolex watches and extravagant luxury holidays using stolen account details, leaving unsuspecting businesses out of pocket.

According to the Lancashire Telegraph website, a warehouse manager stole thousands of pounds worth of goods from employer, a family-owned company.

A search of Gordon Hammett’s home revealed he had taken several items belonging to R E Dawson, including outdoor furniture, a BBQ, a parasol and some benches.

As reported on the Mail Online website, a major in the British Army has been found guilty of defrauding the Ministry of Defence out of £13,000.

Royal Engineer Lloyd Hamilton – who was awarded an MBE for his charity work – misused taxpayers’ money to send his children to one of the country’s most expensive boarding schools.