Category Archives: Employee Fraud
Café Worker Swindled £62,000
According to the Daily Post, an assistant manager at a North Wales café stole £62,000 from her employers to lavish gifts on her children.
Julie Coleclough also used some of the money she swindled out of the Abakhan Fabrics café to pay off debts, taking up to £3,000 a month.
read moreTrainee Accountant Stole £38,000
As reported in the Helensburgh Advertiser, a trainee accountant stole more than £38,000 from her employers in Glasgow, despite having a previous conviction for a similar offence.
Kirstie Donovan made a number of payments totalling £38,055 from the company, Fidelite Credit Management, into her own account.
read moreSacked Driver Continued To Steal
Chester’s The Standard reports that a delivery driver has been jailed for using his old uniform as cover to steal parcels.
Kristian Fryer had been fired for stealing parcels whilst he was working for Yodel, but went to stores dressed as an employee and staff handed over packages, unaware he had been sacked.
Bank Manager Stole £234k To Pay Blackmailer
Lincolnshire Live reports that a bank manager stole almost quarter of a million pounds from her employer, Halifax Bank, by taking cash held within the branch, pocketing money from cash machines and forging signatures, after being approached by a blackmailer who was making threats against another person.
read moreFraudster Stole £2.5m From Car Dealership
As reported in the Sunderland Echo, a 24-year-old fraudster swindled millions of pounds from a car dealership, lavishing himself with cars and houses.
Allan Curry devised a sophisticated scheme to siphon off £2.5m from the Evans Halshaw Vauxhall garage, where he worked as an accountant.
read moreManager’s Fraud Paid For His Wedding
The Evening Standard reports that a claims manager at a leading insurer used profits from a £500,000 five-year fraud to pay for his wedding day.
James Cunnington cleared his debts, splashed out on trips abroad and paid for his marriage to wife Jenny with the stolen money.
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