Embezzlement

A pensioner who impersonated her husband’s voice to embezzle thousands of pounds as part of a mortgage and pension fraud has been sentenced. Karen Lawrence, 66, previously pleaded guilty at Ayr Sheriff Court to forming a fraudulent scheme to swindle her husband John out of almost £100,00

A man who developed a gambling addiction at the age of 13 has been sentenced after embezzling nearly £96,000 from his employer by exploiting a security flaw in the company's financial systems. Jack Duthie, 27, was working in a financial role at Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO North Sea PLC,

A bookkeeper has been jailed after stealing from her employers for a fifth time. Natalie Taylor, 42, was given a four and a half year sentence when she admitted embezzling £90,000 from a machinery supplies firm.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Glasgow bookkeeper after she failed to appear in court on charges of embezzling more than £500,000 from two local companies. Natasha Copeland, 37, of Drumchapel, faces two charges of embezzlement spanning from September 2016 to July 2022.

A woman who embezzled £1.5 million from a family scrap metal business in Aberdeen has been ordered to repay almost £670,000 under proceeds of crime laws. Coleen Muirhead, 57, of Aberdeen, was jailed for three years and four months in September 2023 after she admitted a charge of embezzle

The jailed former office manager of an Edinburgh property firm who embarked on a luxury lifestyle after embezzling company funds has been ordered to pay back more than £211,000. Emma Hunt, 38, who was imprisoned for three years in August last year after a jury found her guilty of fraud and emb

A grandmother who embezzled £1.5 million from a family scrap metal business in Aberdeen has been jailed for three years and four months.