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Diamonds, holidays & gold | £8m payroll con sees fraudsters jailed for 22 years
The stolen money funded lavish lifestyles, with cash splashed on gold bullion, diamonds,...
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'I'm going to jail' | Fraudster stole £550k from employer by inventing fake workers & pocketing the wages
A manager has admitted siphoning more than half a million pounds from the business...
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‘Breath-taking’ | How a hospital hired a fraud D&I manager - with a history of racially aggravated assault
The D&I manager failed to tell bosses he had a conviction for racially aggravated...
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‘Good governance’ | World Athletics sacks employees after uncovering £1.3m corporate theft
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said addressing the theft was 'uncomfortable,'...
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Back-to-work plan | Chancellor unveils scheme for unemployed young people & reforms to visa routes
The Chancellor has announced a package of new employment measures, including a youth...
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Fraud case | Social worker caught working three council jobs at same time
A former social worker has been convicted of dishonestly working three full-time...
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‘Extremely realistic’ | Beware the rise of the AI employee expense receipt scam
A cybersecurity expert said AI models have helped staff create fake, realistic...
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Moonlighting | Council worker guilty of fraud after holding four jobs at once
A council employee who secretly held four public sector jobs at the same time has...
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'Deliberate & calculated' | £8k bill for employee who secretly worked other jobs while claiming sick pay
An employee who falsely claimed thousands in sick pay while working other jobs faces...
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Fraud | Employee stole over £200K to buy gifts for TikTok stars
A former Church employee is guilty of transferring over £200,000 from her employer...
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17 year scam | Worker facing jail after embezzling £1m from employer
A council employee man has been convicted of embezzling more than £1 million over...
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Checks and balances | Vatican employee caught trying to steal 17th century manuscript
A Vatican employee has been arrested and detained after attempting to sell a 17th...
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Ill-gotten gains | Office employee goes on £10k spending spree using cash stolen from work
An office worker conned her employer out of over £10,000 before going on a spending...
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Fraudster jailed | Gambling addict's £186k theft from employer left coworkers jobless
A fraudster is beginning a lengthy prison sentence after stealing £186,000 from...
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Fraudster jailed | Farmfoods worker forged exec signatures to pay himself £275k from company accounts
A Farmfoods employee has been jailed after conning his employers out of £275,000...
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'Hijacked the system' | Payroll assistant swindled employer out of £85k with fake expense claims
A payroll assistant conned her employer out of nearly £85,000 by making false expenses...
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Fraud probe | Employee dodges prison after claiming £10,000 in sick pay while working second job
Workplace fraud is in the spotlight after a worker claimed £10k in sick pay while...
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Sabotage & betrayal | Employee fraud likely to rise in 2024 - how can you prevent it?
Over the past year, we have seen numerous stories of employees sabotaging their employer....
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Facebook fraud | Former diversity manager admits stealing millions from the company to fund lavish lifestyle
Barbara Furlow-Smiles, a former Global Diversity Executive at Facebook, has pleaded...
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Exploiting WFH | Fraud watchdog targets staff secretly working two full-time jobs
Fraud detectives are on the hunt for employees secretly working multiple full-time...
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