Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The North Wales Live website reports that an ex-police officer has been jailed for defrauding a shooting estate of £15,000.

Desmond Downs was employed to expand the sale of all terrain vehicles (ATVs), and was given passwords to eBay and PayPal accounts, a court was told.

According to North Wales Live, a woman swindled £9,000 by forging the signatures of colleagues on till rolls and pocketing money which was apparently refunded.

Clio Jones had worked for the hardware retailer Stermat since she was 14 years old but over 13 shirt months had “abused her position of trust” by stealing the money during cashing up sessions.

The Telegraph & Argus website reports that a Morrison’s employee loaded 41 million points onto two bogus loyalty card in a £42,000 fraud.

Nathan King worked in the customer services department at the supermarket giant’s Bradford HQ and used the scam to buy expensive electrical items that he sold online to pay off debts and treat his family.

The Wales Online website reports that a grandmother who worked for a building society for two decades stole more than £180,000 from her employer.

Claire Free fraudulently used nearly 150 cheques and transactions, and was caught after a customer complained that over £9,000 had been taken from his dead father’s account.

According to the Birmingham Live website, a gambling addict who stole £10,000 from his former employer has a new job – at a casino.

Daniel Harrington had worked at a contract catering firm and his duties included cashing up and providing financial reports to company bosses.

The Lancashire Post website reports that the workforce of a family-run TV firm has been left a third smaller after a couple defrauded the company of tens of thousands of pounds.
Karen Corless and Colin Vernon received a suspended jail term and 150 hours of unpaid work respectively, after stealing cash and TVs.