The Treasurer of a registered charity in Devon is accused of stealing £200,000 from a local charity over the course of nine years by building “long-standing relationships within the organisation.” Geraldine Coates, who runs her own bookkeeping company, is on trial for allegedly stealing the money between 2009 and 2018 while working as Treasurer of […]

A manager at a firm in Lincolnshire defrauded the company for which he had worked for more than 20 years, stealing over £700,000 in what prosecutors described as “a calculated and sustained abuse of trust.” Brian Sinclair worked as a Packaging Manager at Noble Foods and was responsible for managing stock levels across the company, […]

According to fraud prevention service Cifas, a surprisingly large number of UK employees have sold their corporate credentials over the past year, exposing their organisation to cyber and financial crime. In its Workplace Fraud Trends report, which is based on responses from 2,000 UK employees working in companies with 1,000+ staff, 13 per cent of respondents admitted to […]