Category Archives: Employee Fraud

Former employees of a plastic company in Blackburn stole £184,000 in cash over a five-year period.

Beryl Ann Shore and Kathryn Jones were employed by MGS Technical Plastics and prosecution evidence indicated that they had stolen closer to £123,000, but Shore’s own documents indicated they had stolen more.

According to the BBC News website, the former boss of a branch of Age Concern defrauded the charity out of more than £700,000.

John Briers who was chief executive of its South Tyneside office used fake invoices and banked unauthorised bonus payments over an eight-year period.

The Worcester News reported that two workers betrayed the trust of their employer by selling stolen company gear on eBay.

Following a tip-off from a supervisor, Darren Howes and Craig Wright were found to have stolen door fixings from their place of work, Permadoor in Upton.

According to The Sun, a Vodafone boss swindled £239,000 of handsets and tablets to flog for herself.

Kelli Kilpatrick allegedly claimed to be ordering for a hotel chain, but sold them to friends, colleagues and on eBay.

According to the Third Sector website, the Charity Commission has found that 43% of insider fraud cases committed in the last five years were not reported.

A recent report also argued that there are certain factors which make the charity sector more susceptible to this type of crime than others.

As reported by Bristol Live, a GP surgery manager who had campaigned against NHS cuts stole more than £50,000 from the health service through unauthorised payments.

Patricia Mayo was in charge of accounts at the Hartwood Health Centre in Hartcliffe, where she worked as practice manager between 2011 and 2016.