Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Yorkshire Evening Post website reports that the head of IT at Sky Betting in Leeds carried out a fraud worth almost a quarter of a million pounds.

For almost a year, Matt Richmond used the company account to order Apple MacBook Pros from suppliers and then sold them online.

According to the Teesside Live website, Martin Wilson, an employee of Turboactive, stole almost £16,000-worth of turbochargers from the company and sold them on eBay.

After receiving an anonymous tip-off, the company owner ordered one of the turbos and immediately recognised it as one of his own.

The Teesside Live website reports that a manager at a Teesside go-karting track stole almost £6,000 from his employer.

Gareth Smith was responsible for banking takings and a large sum of money went missing just before he handed in his notice in December 2019.

The Property Industry Eye website reports that the man who set up bogus companies to defraud two of his employers – Yopa Property and Camelot UK Lotteries – has been jailed for six-and-a-half years.
Haroon Cassim submitted invoices for work and services that were not provided

According to the Derbyshire Live website, a dental worker was paid double her salary for around two years after drawing up a fake employment contract.

Tracey Topliss either forged her boss’s signature, or got someone else to, on a contract that stated she was being paid £70,000 per year.

According to the Evening Standard website, a City bank executive splashed out on fast cars, designer watches, and jewellery after swindling his employer out of almost £3 million.

Simon Olver – jailed for four-and-a-half years – was employed as head of finance, accounting, reporting and tax and siphoned corporate ‘tax payments’ into his own account.