Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to The Argus website, a Post Office worker stole almost £1,000 in cash and food from his employer.

Ian Doe had been working as a part-time assistant at a combined post office and village shop near Battle, when he committed the crime in 2019.

The Daily Mail website reports that a plumbing firm’s manager stole almost £80,000 worth of stock and sold it on his unsuspecting wife’s eBay account.

Andrew Clarke – jailed for two years – stole taps, showers and boilers before offering them for sale on the online auction site at 25% off the RRP.

The News & Star website reports that a school staff member stole photocopier toner worth more than £117,000 during a six-year period.

Wayne David Raymond Collins admitted to taking the toner from his employer, St. Benedict’s Catholic High School, Whitehaven.

The Surrey Live website reports that a Waitrose worker with a gambling addiction stole £63,000 worth of goods from the store where he worked – to sell on eBay.

Nick Tauwhare took items including boxes of toiletries, razors, chocolate and coffee, along with flat pack boxes, envelopes, stamps and bubble wrap for postage.

The Bristol Live website reports that a butcher used his early, unsupervised shifts to steal meat which he then sold to pay off his gambling debts.

Thomas Whitehouse – jailed for nine months – worked at Ruby and White and had been trusted to go to work early, but started to steal stock to order.

According to the Bristol Live website, an M&S shop worker defrauded his employer of £18,000 after just recording charges for carrier bags.

Over an 18-month period, Jack Midwinter pocketed money from sales after voiding transactions on his till except for the bag fee.