Category Archives: Employee Fraud

As reported in the East Anglian Daily Times, a former Co-op employee lost his job and previous good character after confessing to stealing more than £1,000 worth of cigarettes.

Paul Adams was caught in the act on CCTV and immediately came clean, confessing to stealing £1,173 worth of cigarettes over the course of two-and-a-half months.

The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that a fraudster stole £216,000 from a Leeds-based Christian charity to fund a lavish lifestyle.

Lee Patterson covered his tracks by creating false business accounts and diverted funds into his own bank accounts which he used to build an extension on his home and buy a car for his son.

According to Chronicle Live, a John Lewis worker stole thousands of pound worth of fragrances and then sold them on her eBay account.

Sophie Easten helped herself to expensive aftershaves and perfumes worth a total of £14,428 over an 11-month period and was only caught when bosses installed CCTV in the stock room.

As reported on the BBC News website, the chief locksmith at a major London hospital has been jailed for defrauding the NHS out of £600,000.

Andrew Taylor used his position at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to purchase locksmith materials from his own firm at up to 1,200% over market rates.

According to The Leader, a couple sold bathrobes, linen and spa products worth around £10,000 that had been stolen from the luxury hotel where they both worked.

Gabriel Lichacy stole the items from the Carden Park Hotel, near Chester and then sold them through the eBay account of his then partner, Sarah Barwise.

According to Mail Online, a financial director plundered nearly £1m from her charity employer’s accounts to fund luxury holidays and VIP tickets to see Britney Spears.

Chasjit Verma, defrauded the Jubilee Hall Trust over a seven-year period while in charge of the registered charity’s finances.