Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The North Devon Gazette website reports that a finance manager stole £877,000 from a design company which was forced to lay off staff because of her fraud.

Clare Roberts had the total trust of the company’s founder and used her position to steal about £100,000 a year for almost a decade.

The Stoke-On-Trent Live website reports that an ex-con has been jailed again after he stole 86 mobile phones, worth £23,000, from his employer.

Wayne Grocott was employed to develop computer programs and help to build the company’s website, but after just three months in the role he stole the phone whilst the business owner was on holiday.

As reported on the Yorkshire Post website, a West Yorkshire Police officer is to face a misconduct hearing after it is alleged he stole various items of equipment which he later sold on eBay.

PC David Hitchcocks is accused of stealing a pair of motorbike boots issued to him by the force from a station locker room in July 2019.

The Northampton Chronicle & Echo website reports that a porter at the University of Northampton used a company van to steal £58,000 worth of office supplies.

An investigation into Mark Hulka found that he had spent years helping himself to virtually anything he could get his hands on so he could sell it on eBay.

According to the Ipswich Star website, a woman has been spared another spell behind bars despite stealing thousands of pounds from an employer for the second time.

Most recently, Ashley Mercury stole £11,934 in just under a year by abusing her position as finance manager of an automotive parts company.

The BBC News website reports that a man stole from and defrauded his employers to buy wine for his wedding – at which his boss was a guest.

Andrew Robert Dickinson stole £8,296.09, part of which he used to buy 48 bottles of Bottega Gold Prosecco for his 2018 wedding.