Category Archives: Employee Fraud
Gambling Addict Gets Casino Job
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.
read moreWorkforce Shrinks After Fraud
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.
Teenager Scammed Argos With Refunds
The Hull Daily Mail website reports that a teenage Argos employee used fraudulent refunds and price reductions to scam her employer out of thousands of pounds.
Ashleigh Handley transferred a £5,000 “refund” into her own bank account and reduced Apple products to pennies through the tills.
read moreRBS Manager Stole Over £100k
As reported on the North Somerset Times website, Benjamin Thornton – a former RBS manager – was given an 40-month jail term for stealing £190,000 over a three-and-a-half year period.
Thornton took cash from the bank and hid the shortfall by moving money around within RBS so his deceit remained hidden.
read moreNursery Manager Stole £58k
The Bolton News website reports that a nursery manager stole £58,000 from her employer and used some of the money to pay for her son’s wedding.
A court heard that Hazel Leece carried out numerous thefts over five years – a fraudulent £78 spend at M&S led to many further discrepancies being uncovered.
read moreGP Manager Stole £600k
According to Yahoo! News, a former doctor’s practice manager has been jailed after defrauding the surgery she worked for of almost £600,000.
Carolyn Lightwing transferred £596,000 into personal bank accounts she had set up while falsely claiming to be a supplier to the surgery.
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