Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a cryptocurrency expert stole over £40,000 of stationery and was caught by his boss selling some at an open-air market.

Iulian-Marian Moraru took a variety of items, including phone cases, backpacks, Samsonite wallets, and Ferrari-branded pens — all of which had a wholesale value of around £43,000.

The Coventry Telegraph website reports that a finance director stole almost £1.5 million from a Coventry firm to fund his “expensive tastes”, which included a Harrods loyalty card.

Ashif Zackaria spent £500,000 of the stolen money on at least 180 luxury fountain pens from high-end brands like Mont Blanc and Patek Philippe.

A former treasurer who is in jail for defrauding a Norwich cathedral out of £235,000, has been ordered to pay back just £1 – because he has no assets.

Rene Mugenzi is currently serving 27 months in jail for the Fraud by Abuse of Position, which saw him steal funds over a two-year period.

The Enfield Independent website reports that a bank employee has been jailed for his role in an organised crime group that committed £385,000 of benefit fraud.

Santino Laskowski was present during an attempt to open an account at a bank branch in Barking using fake credentials and a fraudulently-obtained utility bill.

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.