Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The North Wales Live website reports that a storage firm’s general manager swindled his employer out of £56,800, ‘nearly destroying’ the business.

Nick Keenan made large numbers of fraudulent transactions, paying money due to the company directly to his personal account over an 18-month period.

According to the Independent website, a former senior manager for the NHS has been jailed for defrauding hundreds of thousands of pounds from a hospital trust where he worked.

In a sophisticated fraud, Barry Stannard set up two companies which he used to send hundreds of fake invoices to the hospital, which he would then sign off himself.

The Northern Echo website reports that a woman took advantage of her position to steal more than £22,000 to repay debts to a loan shark.

Kay McManus was in charge of overseeing rent accounts for a housing provider, but had acquired a huge gambling debt with extortionate interest rates.

The Devon Live website reports that a ‘model worker’ employed by a food company secretly stole £216,000 from the business to feed his gambling addiction.

Richard Jacobs’ fraud hit J&R Food Services so badly that some employees lost their jobs and others could not be paid bonuses.

The Warrington Guardian website reports that a shoe shop was nearly forced to close after an employee stole more than £30,000 from the business.

Lesa Carter swindled a total of £30,221.50 from two Clarks franchises by falsifying refunds and pocketing cash from the till.

According to the Metro website, a cashier at a branch of Ladbrokes handed over £1million in three hours, via invalid bets, to a gang who she claims forced her into it.

Paris Markham paid out on 22 horse racing bets worth £90 or £95, which each made between £5,000 and £100,000 at a branch of the betting chain in north London.