Category Archives: Employee Fraud

As reported on the City Of London Police website, a pet insurance claims assessor stole £67,499.88 from his employer through bogus claims and then fled to the US to avoid prosecution.

Rasheed Talabi created fictitious customers and policies and submitted fraudulent claims, but fled the country whilst on release under investigation.

According to the Wales Online website, an engineer working for BT stole £20,000 of copper cables and batteries which he then sold to a scrap merchant.

Robert Warne carried out the thefts over a 14-month period and sold the items he acquired from exchanges throughout south Wales.

According to the Warrington Guardian website, a couple who defrauded a soft furnishing company they were working for out of £70,000 have been ordered to repay around £40,000.

Carl Hestford and Fiona Kerr stole the money by siphoning company cash to a false PayPal account, but initially denied the fraud.

The East Anglian Daily Times website reports that a former restaurant manager who stole £1,200 via the business’s card machine has been ordered to pay back the money.

Gheorghe Feraru had access to the supervisor’s code, was able to process refunds unchecked and made ten refunds to his own account.

As reported on the Oldham Times website, a grandmother with no criminal convictions stole £24,000 worth of mobile phones from her work at Yodel in Oldham.

Julie Birchenough worked for the delivery company for ten years and did not have to go through a scanner before and after shifts, unlike her colleagues.

The Harborough Mail website reports that a former senior employee at Kibworth Medical Centre has been jailed for 12 months after stealing over £184,000.

Kirsty Whawell defrauded the practice over a six-year period between 2013 and 2019, when she was practice manager.