Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to the Worksop Guardian website, a former bookkeeper stole an eye-watering £1.4m from her bosses during an 11-year fraud.

Deborah Thorlby-Hall spent the money on luxury holidays, cars and home improvements, and tried to blame the fraud on the company’s managing director and accountants.

According to the Leicestershire Live website, a finance department worker at a Leicester theatre siphoned off £868,000 in just 15 months.

Karen McGowan transferred large sums of money in stages, from the company’s accounts to her husband’s personal account and from there, to her own account.

According to the Runcorn & Widnes World website, a former DHL delivery driver stole mobile phones worth more than £33,000.

Anthony Quinn stole 31 mobile phones over a period of roughly a month in 2020, and initially denied any wrongdoing.

The Mirror website reports that a senior finance manager at a local council stole almost £1m of taxpayers money to fund his gambling addiction.

A court heard how Alan Doig transferred £934,343.30 of money meant to pay for public services from Gedling Borough Council into his own bank accounts.

The Mail Online website reports that a cop has been accused of stealing almost four kilos of cocaine from his own force.

PC Andrew Talbot was caught after he accidentally dropped a drug wrap in the grounds of his daughter’s primary school, a court was told.

According to the Mail Online website, a barista stole £4,000 by sneakily getting customers to pay their bills to his own card machine instead of the company one.

Joe & The Juice employee Brandon Leung spent months using a £70 SumUp chip and pin device to funnel money into his personal bank account.