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According to The Independent website, an accountant’s obsession with a webcam model led him to steal almost £250,000 from his football club employer.

Andrew Barnbrook secretly transferred the money from AFC Fylde to his personal bank account for up to two and a half years before he was finally caught.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that the British justice system has been described as an ‘absolute joke’ by a business owner who was scammed by an employee for £5,000, just nine months after she was spared jail for another £22,500 fraud.

The Travel Weekly website gives details of a fraudster who lifted the career details of a sales chief, added them to his own CV and started applying for jobs in the industry.

Luke Smith was alerted by a travel industry colleague that a man calling himself ‘Hugh Harben’ was applying for roles using information taken from Smith’s own LinkedIn profile.

According to the Shropshire Star website, a financial controller stole almost half a million pounds from the firm by paying himself a double salary and ‘bonuses’ – for six years.

Johnathan Darren Lucas admitting defrauding his employer, SP Services UK Ltd, of £443,887, between 2011 and 2017.

According to The Sun, a brazen thief stole £46,000 from her boss to take her son on holidays – whilst being investigated about the theft of £122,000 from her previous job.

Accounts assistant Natalie Johnston bought her son holidays to Rome, Ireland and the Lake District.

According to the Daily Record website, a fraudster stole almost £40,000, which she blew on Louis Vuitton bags, Rolex watches and Gucci shoes.

Hasnija Osmanagic siphoned cash from her employer’s business into her own personal account over a 17-month period.