Category Archives: Employee Fraud

Mail Online reports that a PA to a property tycoon stole over £8,000 from her boss to pay for her addiction to Candy Crush and other gaming apps.

Hollie Johnson was trusted to handle the personal finances of Joey Esfandi, CEO of Dwyer Estates, but stole £8,830 to buy ‘boosters’ which help players move up levels within a game.

The Sky News website reports that the former head of a disability charity stole £256,000 from its pension fund to buy a house in France.

Patrick McLarry – jailed for five years – has a MBE for his charity work, but admitted defrauding Yateley Industries for the Disabled to buy the holiday home and a warehouse worth £200,000.

The Mail Online website reports that a husband and wife team were left on the brink of financial ruin after an employee who became their family friend stole £75,000 from their extraction system business.

Over three years, Dianne Polson stole the huge sum through various ‘random’ refunds through the company’s system directly onto her own bank card.

The Northern Echo website reports that a woman admitted to stealing £47,367 from the village primary school where she was secretary for 13 years.

After originally denying all charges, Sharon Dickinson changed her plea and admitted fraud and theft from St Michael’s Church of England Primary School.

According to the York Press website, a financial controller who was caught cheating his care homes company employer out of over £23k, blamed his wife, claiming he “couldn’t stop her spending”.

James Craig Spence used his access to the company bank account to siphon funds into his own account.

The Rugby Advertiser website reports that a warehouse worker stole perfumes and cosmetics while he was already subject to a suspended prison sentence.

Piotr Durat had stolen iPhones worth around £45,000 but managed to get a warehouse job and continued stealing up to £8,000-worth of products.