Category Archives: Employee Fraud

According to the Manchester Evening News, a department store worker stole luxury, designer brands worth over £5,000 over the course of one month.

William Townsend stole to fund his gambling habit, after initially planning to buy the items using his 35% staff discount and sell them on at a profit.

As reported in the Leicester Mercury, a thieving hospital nurse stole up to £10,000 worth of items ranging from scouring pads to computers and cameras.

Toby Brownson started working at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 1994 and over the next 20 years he helped himself to pillows, biscuits, a printer, bed sheets and batteries.

The Huddersfield Daily Examiner reports that a betting shop worker stole thousands from his employer and lost it all by gambling at a rival bookmaker.

Gambling addict Craig Wallace was deputy manager of a Coral shop when he lost more than £3,000 of his employer’s money.

As reported in The Sun, the owner of a children’s clothing boutique paid herself business cash using the shop’s chip and pin machine.

Katie Lowcock processed fake ‘refunds’ to put cash onto her own personal bank card, and police were called when the card machine’s operators became worried they would not be paid.

The Haverhill Echo reports that a small company’s book-keeper stole almost £88,000 from her employer, leaving the MD and staff shocked and betrayed by her actions.

Sue Strong had full access to the firm’s accounting system and had faked invoices before making payments into her own bank account.

As reported in the Bristol Post, a trusted worker devised a simple scam to pocket almost £15,000 of his employer’s money.
Wayne Holden booked jobs for Kings Heavy Haulage and took payment, but then cancelled them on the firm’s books. He then either put the payment in his bank account or kept the cash.