Category Archives: Employee Fraud
Thief’s Threat To Publish Sensitive Data
A phone shop manager who stole almost £8,500 from his employer then threatened to release customers’ confidential details if they didn’t hand over his back-pay.
Kyle Headford pocketed the cash he was supposed to be banking for the company whilst he was working as a store manager in Hartlepool.
read morePostman Stole Electricals From Mail
The St Helens Star website reports that a postman stole people’s post containing more than £7,000 of electrical items to fund a gambling addiction.
Mark Anthony Foster stole 17 postal packets over a nine-month period, mostly mobile phones, before selling the stolen goods on eBay.
read moreFraudster’s Six-Year Car Selling Scam
The Telegraph & Argus website reports that a vehicle fleet advisor ran a six-year car selling scam that netted him £216,652.
Betweeen June 2012 and March 2018, Keith Waud-Richard accumulated a static caravan holiday home in Bridlington, a Mercedes SLK sports car, watches, Gucci chains, Ralph Lauren bags, sunglasses and a Nikon camera.
read moreJudge Labels Thief A ‘Leech’
The Kidderminster Shuttle website reports that a woman who stole £64,000 from her employer was labelled a “leech” by a judge but – reluctantly – didn’t hand down a jail term.
Amanda Clarke made around 80 bank transfers to herself from Rowan Steels’ company account between 2015 and 2019, whilst working there as an accounts manager.
read moreWife Unaware Of Husband’s £1.5m Theft
According to the Leicestershire Live website, a wife has claimed she had no idea that her husband stole nearly £1.5 million from two employers.
Sofina Sarwar’s husband, Haroon Cassim, used bogus invoices from fake businesses to transfer hundreds of thousands of pounds into two of her accounts.
read moreWorker Stole Motocross Bikes
The Northern Echo website reports that an employee of a motorcycle supplier who was asked to deliver three motocross bikes – worth £3,000 each – failed to do so, selling them instead, to pay off a drug debt.
Kyle Goulding was employed and trusted by Callum Wood, despite having a previous criminal history for theft.
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