Women pleads guilty to stealing over £11k from her employer

A woman has been found guilty of stealing thousands of pounds from her employer by processing fake customer refunds and by stealing directly – the Belfast Telegraph reports.

Kerri O'Connor, from County Tyrone, stole £6,085.28 from Fane Valley Co-Operative Society between December 2014 and June 2016. She also processed false returns to the value of £5574.48, bringing the total loss to the company to £11,659.76.

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With the charges accepted, Judge Stephen Fowler QC requested pre-sentence reports.

While this level of fraud may seem excessive, many employees admit to committing smaller scales of dishonesty in order to scam their employer out of a few pounds when they report their monthly expenses.