Category Archives: Employee Fraud

As reported on the Worcester News website, the manager of a city-centre pub stole over £4,000 – but was spared immediate jail time for the sake of her young son.

A court heard how Laura Beatson took £4,033.65 of her employer’s takings and another £389.40 in ’till monies’.

As reported on the Wales Online website, an office administrator who stole £150,000 from one of Wales’ best-known restaurants has been ordered to pay back just £1.

Nicola Nightingale managed the venue’s accounts and left it massively in debt just as the COVID pandemic hit, enlisting her husband, Simon, in the scam.

The Daily Record website reports that a grandmother from Aberdeen stole more than £1.5 million from her employer and enjoyed expensive family holidays, bought new cars and set up savings accounts for her grandchildren.

Coleen Muirhead set up a bogus client account under the name of ‘G Anderson’.

The Northern Echo website reports that a machine operator stole precision engineering tools – worth more than £134k – from his employer to sell on eBay.

A court heard how Isaac Okafor carried out the thefts to make money, in part to contribute to his seriously ill father’s medical bills in Nigeria.

According to the GB News website, a former employee of the British Museum is being investigated after artefacts were stolen and offered for sale on eBay.

The museum believes one of its curators could be guilty of stealing tens of millions of pounds worth of items whilst in its employ for over 30 years.

The Lancashire Telegraph website reports that a pharmaceutical dispenser who stole anxiety medication from his employer before selling them to other people has been jailed for repeating the same crime some 10 years later.

Irfan Patel began ordering boxes of painkillers Tramadol and Dihydrocodeine, when he was not authorised to do so, and took them home without permission.