Theatre Finance Worker Stole Over £868k

Thursday, 26th September 2024 at 4:18pm

According to the Leicestershire Live website, a finance department worker at a Leicester theatre siphoned off £868,000 in just 15 months.

Karen McGowan transferred large sums of money in stages, from the company’s accounts to her husband’s personal account and from there, to her own account.

A court heard how McGowan was a chronic gambler, but she wasn’t very good at it, and her living room was littered with “scores of scratchcards”.

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