Category Archives: Employee Fraud
Cleaner Stole Flight Gifts To Sell Online
The Evening Standard website reports that an airport cleaner stole in-flight alcohol and gift sets from a Heathrow warehouse to sell on eBay.
When raiding Eduard Caia’s house, police discovered an “astounding” stash of goods – “stolen drinks and amenity kits literally stacked floor to ceiling”, a court was told.
read moreP/T Accounts Clerk Stole Over £85k
The Boston Standard website reports that a part-time office and accounts clerk stole more than £85,000 over a seven-year period.
Elizabeth Cullen spent thousands of pounds on clothes, holidays, a new kitchen, beauty treatment, and private health care using money she stole from a car dealership.
read moreBelfast Bank Teller Stole £6,500
The Belfast Telegraph website reports that a 25-year-old Belfast man stole £6,500 from his employer, Nationwide, to fund his gambling addiction.
A court heard that Stuart Kennedy stole the money over a two-week period and then gambled with it at a local Ladbrokes bookmakers.
read morePost Office Manager Stole £30k
The Bristol Live website reports that a manager of a Post Office in a local convenience store stole nearly £30,000 in takings from her employer.
Anita Rudge stole £29,849.81 when working in the McColl’s branch, after struggling financially and gambling online.
read moreWoman’s £2.3m Fraud Is NI’s Biggest
The BBC News website reports that a woman from County Tyrone has admitted stealing £2.3m from her former employer over an eight-year period.
The woman – who cannot be identified – pleaded guilty to 26 counts of criminality in what is thought to be Northern Ireland’s biggest single employee fraud case.
read moreChef Stole Wedding Reception Cash
As reported on the Lancashire Telegraph website, a chef pocketed cash from a wedding reception budget, and then tried to blame the bride and groom.
Matthew Patterson-Farnworth was in charge of bookings, but when bosses looked for the proceeds of a reception party, he claimed he had been given a dud cheque.
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