Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Grimsby Live website reports that a pre-school group treasurer stole more than £18,400 in a breach of trust to help fund a spiralling gambling problem.

Kathyrn Dennis’s “despicable” fraud saw her pretend that the charitable organisation’s bank account had been repeatedly hacked in a bid to “cover her tracks”.

The News & Star website reports that a man who stole almost £107,000 from a Longtown hotel where he was the manager must hand over nearly £74,000 in compensation.

Stewart McIntosh, blamed his offending on a “crippling” and long-term addiction to gambling.

The Wirral Globe website reports that a man stole £30,000-worth of PPE from his employers and sold it on eBay – at a time when desperate medics were appealing for such equipment.

Gary Edwards’ thefts spanned two-and-a-half years, continuing during the Covid-19 pandemic, and he sold items at grossly inflated prices online.

A trainee accountant stole almost £60,000 from his boss to fund a six-month hedonistic life of hard drinking.

Jake Currie faked invoices, diverted money into three personal bank accounts and loaded £14,000 on to a pre-paid foreign currency card.

According to the Argus website, a greedy bookkeeper who stole from her employers to fund luxury holidays, jaunts, and handbags has been told to pay back the cash.

Lynne Boakes – serving a prison sentence for stealing more than £100,000 from her employer – paid herself a higher salary and created fake invoices.

The Morning Advertiser website reports that an accounts worker stole over £400,000 from her employer, where she had worked for more 40 years.

Lesley Freestone, who worked at the Cornwall-based St. Austell brewery, duplicated invoices and processed payments into her own account over a period of nine years.