Company closes after worker steals 500 clients & launches new firm

An executive at a recruitment agency recently revealed how the business closed after a former employee stole their clients - and then launched their own firm.

In an interview with The Hertfordshire Mercury, Jason Robinson claimed that the personal details of his client base were stolen by Greg Oram, a recruiter working for Alexander Leigh, which was later rebranded as HEF Recruitment.

"It was a Thursday, about 6.30pm in the evening, and I got back to my desk and looked at the phone he had just given me," he told the publication.

"I thought it was rebooting at first but it was frozen on an email and I suddenly saw all these names.