Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to the Halifax Courier website, a “greedy” mum-of-two has been jailed for 18 months for her role in a car parts scam which cost her employer more than £90,000.

Sarah Hardaker had been employed as a sales advisor at the Halifax branch of Euro Car Parts Limited, but an anonymous tip-off led to an investigation into the theft.

According to the Hartlepool Mail website, a thieving supervisor’s actions cost his employer a contract and led to staff redundancies.
Mark Hesslewood had worked for family firm HES Group Ltd for 13 years and ordered goods on the firm’s accounts before selling them cheap on eBay to pay off his debts.

According to the Yorkshire Evening Post website, a claims management company [CMC] employee diverted around £18,000 into his own account.

Mohammed Aumran provided insurers who were paying claims with his own bank account details instead of the company’s.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a finance director cost four employees their jobs after he stole £21,000 of company money to feed his secret heroin habit.

Richard Turner managed the finances at a plant machinery hire firm and was – ironically – tasked with improving security on payments to the company.

According to the South Wales Argus website, an hotel operations manager stole from his employer to get back at the company owner who was a “horrible person to work for”.

Paul Lago stole £2,000 in cash from bar and restaurant tills and covered his tracks by posting disputed transactions.

As reported in the Manchester Evening News, a company boss who had a salary of £75k raided his firm’s accounts to live the high life.

Christopher Beddall used £30k of company money to whisk his unsuspecting wife off to New York, treat her to expensive watches and get her a British bulldog.