Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Evening Standard website reports that two corrupt HSBC managers stole nearly £1 million from wealthy customers’ accounts in less than twelve months.

Gerald Sarpong and Mohammed Uddin conspired with other unknown criminals, sending them the details of seven individuals whose life savings were then plundered.

The Daily Record website reports that a business collapsed after an employee splurged £12,000 of company funds on clothes and perfume.

Olivia Briscoe had access to the company bank accounts and made around 100 withdrawals at cashpoints and used the business debit card for personal shopping.

The Liverpool Echo website reports that a woman stole hundreds of thousands of pounds from her employer in a “deluded” ploy to impress her boyfriend with a lavish lifestyle.

Stephanie Long stole just over £214,000 from B&M Waste Services over a four-year period, abusing her position as a purchasing and ledger manager.

The BBC News website reports that a paramedic stole thousands of pounds worth of defibrillators from an ambulance service and sold them on eBay.

Scott Sutherland – jailed for three years – stole the equipment while working at North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) in 2017 and 2018 and returned to steal more in 2020.

The Northampton Chronicle & Echo website reports that a former manager at a Northampton electrical wholesaler stole goods worth around £10,000 from his employer over the course of a year.

Ian Jones told a court that gambling debts, incurred as a result of mental health struggles from the stress of caring for his sick mother, were a driving factor in the thefts.

The BBC News website reports that a woman stole £1.9m from her employers over an eight-year period, to fund her “luxury lifestyle”.

Julie McBrien – jailed for five-and-a-half-years – was in charge of finances for Cookstown-based Northern Mouldings Limited.