Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to the Daily Record website, an office manager at a family building firm spent £200,000 of company money on holidays and football tickets for European ties.

Karen Fitzpatrick stole the cash over a five-year period but was only caught after bosses learned £1,000 had been spent on a personalised number plate for her son’s car.

According to the Hull Daily Mail website, a thief who stole stock from his employer and sold it online, was caught out by leaving his computer logged in to eBay during his lunch break.

Patrick Reilly stole the stock and also charged the courier delivery costs back to the company, in a fraud worth close to £10,000.

The Civil Society website reports that the former treasurer of a Norfolk-based charity has admitted to stealing more than £100,000 from the organisation.

Pamela Bent pleaded guilty to one count of fraud and three counts of false accounting at Norwich Crown Court.

The Mail Online website reports that a restaurant manager who stole £21,610 from the till has been spared jail after claiming he gave half the money to staff.

Mario D’Agostino exploited a customer loyalty scheme to skim money, when bosses of the luxury eatery chain began taking a share of workers’ tips.

The ITV News website reports that a general manager who stole £240,000 worth of stock, admitted his crime in a text message.

Craig Williams fraudulently sold his employer’s stock and tried to cover his tracks by providing inaccurate stock takes and deliberately mismanaging the company’s records.

As reported on the Business Matters Magazine website, shoplifting offences are soaring, with criminals seemingly operating “without fear of apprehension.”

The Office for National Statistics reported a 30% increase in annual shoplifting offences, with 443,995 incidents recorded in the year to March 2024.