Category Archives: Employee Fraud

A trainee accountant stole almost £60,000 from his boss to fund a six-month hedonistic life of hard drinking.

Jake Currie faked invoices, diverted money into three personal bank accounts and loaded £14,000 on to a pre-paid foreign currency card.

According to the Argus website, a greedy bookkeeper who stole from her employers to fund luxury holidays, jaunts, and handbags has been told to pay back the cash.

Lynne Boakes – serving a prison sentence for stealing more than £100,000 from her employer – paid herself a higher salary and created fake invoices.

The Morning Advertiser website reports that an accounts worker stole over £400,000 from her employer, where she had worked for more 40 years.

Lesley Freestone, who worked at the Cornwall-based St. Austell brewery, duplicated invoices and processed payments into her own account over a period of nine years.

As reported on the Leeds Live website, a British Gas worker defrauded his employer out of £11,000 to pay for his friends to go on holiday.

Tony Clamp’s fraud was discovered after a manager noticed multiple refunds had been sent to accounts linked to his grandmother.

According to The Sun website, an ambulance service worker has been arrested for stealing face masks to sell online for exorbitant prices.

A man in his 20s is accused of taking protective items from medical centres across north London, after staff tipped off police officers.

As reported on the Lincolnshire Live website, a fraudster who was convicted of stealing over £86,000 from her employer, is facing having her possessions sold off to pay him back.
Elizabeth Cullen has been brought back to court for a proceeds of crime hearing, to work out if she is able to pay the money back.