Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Leamington Spa Courier reports that a Warwickshire County Council employee doubled her salary for more than two years by submitting bogus overtime claim forms.

Samantha Owen even went in when she was off sick to fill out the forms, and stole almost £50,000 from the council.

According to Wales Online, a pair of employees betrayed the trust of the company they worked for by stealing more than £30,000 worth of stock.

Robert Curry and Craig Rattenbury stole items including tuna, sweetcorn and chocolate worth £30,320 over an 18-month period.

The Daily Gazette reports that a shop worker defrauded his boss of almost £45,000, by spending thousands on the company’s Booker’s cash and carry card.

“Greed and dishonesty” was Alan Gracie’s motive as he spent his employer’s cash on meat, pet food, cigarettes and alcohol,

The BBC News website reports that a former employee of the aviation giant Airbus, has been jailed for two-and-a-half years, after a six-figure fraud.

Carena Jane Land paid legitimate expenses with her company credit card, and would then duplicate claims.

The Construction News website reports that a man with a history of defrauding construction companies has been given a six-year sentence after taking more than £100,000.

Paul Parmar was found guilty of six counts of fraud, three of which related to him defrauding Bondsbury, a London-based contractor working on high-end residential projects.

As reported on The Courier website, a former insurance agent admitted to embezzling almost £100,000 to fund his gambling habit.

Aaron Williams, an employee of Aviva, gave fake refunds to customers between 2012 and 2015 and paid the money he accrued into nine personal bank accounts.