Scottish accountant jailed for ‘industrial scale’ £1.4 million fraud

Leeds Crown Court heard that Mr Day, of Perthshire, targeted a female friend in a £4,500 romance fraud and lied about his mother dying and having cancer to conceal his actions.

BBC News reported that Mr Day used his accountancy skills and status to be appointed as director, financial director or company secretary of four organisations. These included a care home provider for vulnerable people and the management company in the block of flats he lived in.

Mr Day then sought to empty their bank accounts into his own and hide the trail with false ledger accounts.

Another victim was Gloucester-based Avida Care, where he was responsible for the payroll.

Mr Day also admitted fraud by misrepresentation as he failed to disclose to three NHS trusts he was working full-time for them simultaneously - earning £2,000 a day.

Mr Day admitted to 12 fraud offences from 2012 to 2015 and was jailed for 11 years and five months.