Financial Controller Stole £3million

Saturday, 21st October 2023 at 3:59pm

According to the Basildon, Canvey, Southend Echo website, a financial controller stole more than £3 million from his employer, resulting in the loss of dozens of jobs when the firm went into administration.

Rhys Jackson – jailed for nine years – also fraudulently claimed for three government-backed Covid-19 bounce back loans, receiving £150,000.

Over a period of four years, Jackson made 638 transfers of money from the company to 12 separate personal bank accounts belonging to him, totalling £2,946,107.

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