Council Worker Stole £60,000

Friday, 19th March 2021 at 9:25am

The Worksop Guardian website reports that a council’s finance officer stole more than £60,000 to help pay off her accumulated credit card debts.

Over a 12-month period, Kerry Wheatley diverted refunds of business rates, due to be paid to a number of businesses, into a single bank account.

Wheatley, who worked for the council for around 28 years, made 21 refunds from a council account totalling £60,745.44.

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