Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to Yahoo! News, a former doctor’s practice manager has been jailed after defrauding the surgery she worked for of almost £600,000.

Carolyn Lightwing transferred £596,000 into personal bank accounts she had set up while falsely claiming to be a supplier to the surgery.

The Liverpool Echo website reports that an office manager at a tech company in Warrington stole £228,000-worth of postage stamps and printer cartridges, in what was described as an ‘industrial scale’ scam.

Karen Belton used her employer’s business accounts to over-order huge quantities of both items, before selling them on eBay.

According to the Ely Standard website, a fraudster who swindled almost £350,000 out of the NHS has been ordered to pay back the majority of his ill-gotten gains.

Phillip Hufton was ordered under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to pay back a total sum of £294,747 or face another three years in prison.

The Ely Standard website reports that a John Lewis warehouse manager was caught on CCTV loading two televisions into a company van, which he then drove home.

Ian Bloomquest returned the van early the following morning and drove his car home, returning to work at a less suspicious time.

As reported on the Peterborough Telegraph website, a mother and daughter stole over £100,000 from a Cambridgeshire business, and spent the cash on Legoland rides, private number plates and vets bills.

Nicola Hayter overpaid her own bonuses, her daughter’s wages and bought personal items with the company credit card.

Kent Online reports that a pub manager stole more than £5,000 worth of goods from his employer, which he then took to his new pub which he was to set up on his own.

Billy Morgan worked at the Grove Ferry Inn in Canterbury, where the pub chef noticed items were missing from bulk orders.