Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Harrogate Advertiser reports that a former finance chief at a leading bus company defrauded the firm out of almost £90,000 and spent the money on designer and luxury goods.

Mark Suter was rated as a trustworthy employee but, over a five-year period, falsified invoices and cheques.

According to The Argus, a former hotel worker pocketed thousands of pounds from an airport shuttle bus to fund his gambling addiction.

Andrew Brown took £3 sums from over 23,000 guests as they got on the coach from Gatwick Airport to the nearby Premier Inn.

Wales Online reports that an eagle-eyed boss tracked down missing stock items worth £14,000 after turning detective and monitoring eBay for rogue listings.

After three electrical calibrator devices were stolen from a workshop at Baglan power station, a manager trawled listings on eBay looking for the items.

The Chad website reports that a glamorous fraudster stole around £115,000 in various ways, including increasing her own salary, making personal purchases on company credit cards and transferring cash into her own account, before blowing thousands on jewellery and beauty products.

BBC News reports that a finance worker stole more than £130,000 from her employer to fund her “lavish lifestyle”.

Claire Johnston – jailed for 20 months – used the proceeds of her crimes to pay for her wedding, holidays, weekends away and designer footwear.

The Evening Standard reports that a school business manager stole £220,000 to fund the purchase of a fleet of taxis in The Gambia with her boyfriend.

Over six months in 2011, Kirsty Holmes and her partner Sunday Kalu cashed cheques from Battersea Park School in London.