Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Oxford Mail website reports that an anti-fraud Santander manager has been jailed for 18 months for targeting the elderly and vulnerable customers during a four-year £179,900 fraud.

Charlotte Mills preyed on the accounts of customers, mostly in their 70s and 80s, that she had met at the branch in Abingdon.

A former policeman and “sex pest” stole tens of thousands of pounds from hotels to pay for cocaine and his addiction to sex workers and escorts.

Whilst James Hughes as being investigated about stealing £24,000 from a Welsh boutique hotel, he got another job at a London hotel and helped himself to £40,000.

The Wales Online website reports that a credit union employee abused her position of trust to steal tens of thousands of pounds.

Joanne Pecherzewska reactivated dormant accounts – knowing in many cases the clients had left the country and were untraceable – and used them to generate almost £59,000 worth of loans for herself.

The Yorkshire Live website reports that a fraudster spent £16,000 on petrol and diesel using his old company’s fuel card, despite being dismissed six months earlier.

Jordan Ward had been let go by Diamond Seating in 2019 but carried on filling up various cars, including those belonging to his family.

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.