Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The BBC News website reports that an Asda worker stole more than £26,000 over a three-month period, by creating fake refunds.

Aaron Hughes – jailed for a year – used the money to pay for “luxury” shopping trips to Harrods and Selfridges and holidays.

The Retail Gazette website writes that employees account for 40% of the value of theft across UK retailers, according to new research from Retail Economics and Thruvision. Two-thirds of respondents thought financial pressure due to the cost-of-living crisis had led to a rise in theft by distribution centre staff over the past year. Staff working …

As reported on the Manchester Evening News website, an accountant stole more than £35,000 from her employer and gifted large cash sums to her family.

Sarah Cunningham’s fraudulent actions ‘left a trail of destruction’ which resulted in at least five other members of staff being made redundant.

As reported in The Sun, a Tesco delivery driver had to pay damages to his employer after deliberately crashing his van so his friends could claim compensation.

Donovan Rose sparked an investigation after reversing his work van into a parked Mercedes, having been warned by bosses after three other crashes.

According to the ITV News website, an employee of energy company E.ON stole £70,000 and sent it to her friends and family.

Gina Rani used her position as a customer service advisor to facilitate a number of false refunds totalling £69,844, some of which was then paid directly to her.

A financial controller stole more than £3 million from his employer, resulting in the loss of dozens of jobs when the firm went into administration.

Rhys Jackson – jailed for nine years – also fraudulently claimed for three government-backed Covid-19 bounce back loans, receiving £150,000.