- A finance administrator at a care home in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, stole over £200,000 by duplicating supplier invoices over six years.
- She transferred funds to her own account under false pretenses, including a £4,000 payment disguised as a care agency transaction.
- The fraud, totaling £212,228, occurred between January 2018 and April 2024.
- Her actions were discovered when a new finance team member noticed an £800 payment labeled ‘Tesco milk.’
- She was sentenced to two years and six months in prison after pleading guilty to fraud by abuse of position.
Source: p2pnetwork.org
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