Category Archives: Employee Fraud
Santander Worker’s Passport Fraud
The Birmingham Live website reports that a Santander employee scanned bogus passports and photocopied documents in a bid to help others fleece customers.
Amila Haputantridge was employed in a customer-facing role and his job involved a high degree of trust, dealing with customers’ personal details and bank accounts.
read moreTyre Fitters Stole Unused Stock
The Swindon Advertiser website reports that a trio of tyre fitters stole thousands of pounds-worth of unused stock to sell it on eBay.
Adam Thomas, Ricky Waugh and Matthew Smith devised a scheme to siphon off unused new tyres that were due to be returned to the manufacturer.
read moreAccountant Stole £80k From Boss
The Bury Times website reports that an accountant who stole almost £80,000 from her boss squandered the money on family holidays, hotels and Amazon purchases.
Laura Fielding – jailed for two years – earned £43,000 a year yet looted cash from the company accounts of Bolton businesswoman Lynsey Pogson on 43 occasions.
read moreChurch Treasurer Stole £450k
The BBC News website reports that a church treasurer who stole more than £450,000 from charities has been jailed for three years.
Craig McCulloch – described as “devious” – stole more than £130,000 from a London church, defrauded a charity of £287,000 and took nearly £38,000 from a college.
read morePharmacist Stole Tranquilisers
The Lancashire Telegraph website reports that a pharmacist working for Boots stole hundreds of boxes of drugs from his employer over a nine-month period.
Hussnen Abbas repeatedly over-ordered boxes of diazepam and temazepam which he then passed on to others, in a significant breach of trust.
read moreThief Avoids Jail To Care For Baby
The Metro website reports that a recruitment consultant who stole nearly £8,000 from her employer has been spared jail after revealing that she has a new-born baby.
Heather McCarthy filed 20 bogus timesheets worth a total of £7,710.29 which were paid into her own bank account.
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