Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

As reported on the Southern Reporter website, a veterinary practice receptionist stole £100,000 from her employer to fund her gambling addiction.

Even after resigning, Gayle Middlemas managed to keep stealing money from the practice, as she had retained access to its computer system.

According to the Chronicle Live website, a woman was caught with a stash of counterfeit Nike, Dior and Ugg goods which she had been selling on her Facebook page.

Following an anonymous tip off, Lisa Graham’s home was searched and a range of fake items was seized, including tracksuits, slipper and perfume sets.

The Sunderland Echo website reports that a trusted employee used company cash to buy over £40,000 worth of tools and equipment which he sold on to make money for himself.

Robert Iredale had been given authorisation to spend up to £500 at a time on electrical items for his company.

According to the Yorkshire Evening Post, Shamsul Gani stole electronic devices worth over £14.5k from his ex-employer DePuy over a five-year period.

Now working in the NHS, Gani stole the devices because he was upset after claiming promises made about pay and a bonus were not kept.

According to the Cambridgeshire Live website, a Morrisons cashier stole thousands of pounds in vouchers, scanning the barcodes to activate them for his personal use.

Johnny Tucker was filmed on the supermarket’s CCTV sitting at a till for about 40 minutes, in which time he had processed more than £6,600-worth of vouchers.

The Northamptonshire Telegraph website reports that a delivery driver agreed to hand over a high-value pallet of Philips electronics destined for John Lewis to men he owed money for a cocaine debt.

Ray Armer was snared when the items were eventually tracked down to an eBay account connected to his associates.