Category Archives: Employee Fraud

The Eastern Daily Press reports on the case of a trusted assistant manager of a Norwich paint centre who stole more than £15,000 from his employer to feed his online gambling addiction.
Simon Brock, who worked at the Dulux Decorator Centre, pocketed money from false refunds in 69 transactions and transferred the cash straight into his own personal bank account.

A story on Lincolnshire Live gives details of a gambler who put thousands of pounds of his employer’s money put into girlfriend’s bank account, to feed his £300-a-month gambling habit.
On completion of a contract for his employer – HCG Heating Construction Ltd – he gave the customer the bank details of his partner for payment.

According to Kent Online, an officer who stole police equipment was collared when detectives took to eBay to find the missing items.

PC Paul Withrington had been stealing for two years and stolen gear was found in his police van and even his lunch box, Canterbury Crown Court heard.

As reported on The Voice website, a building society customer service manager has been jailed for fraudulently transferring money from customers’ accounts.

Sandra Stewart, a Nationwide employee, admitted to police that she had stolen over £27,000 from customer accounts in the 1990s.

BBC News reports that a former bank employee has been jailed for two years after admitting dishonestly transferring £53,000 from the accounts of 14 elderly customers.

Natasha Bassi, from Southampton, moved the funds over eight months in 2014 while working as an advisor at a branch of Santander in Reading.

The localgov website reports that an ex-council employee has been found guilty of defrauding Lancashire County Council out of £1m over a five year period.

Stephen Crewdson was in charge of approving supplier invoices and arranged for builders to bill the council for work that never existed.