{"id":2127,"date":"2019-01-16T16:38:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2019-01-16T16:38:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T16:38:46","slug":"crooked-bookkeeper-stole-100k-from-cladding-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/crooked-bookkeeper-stole-100k-from-cladding-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"Crooked bookkeeper stole \u00a3100k from cladding contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mother and daughter stole around \u00a3100,000 from a Cambridgeshire cladding contractor by using a company credit card to fund theme park trips, vets bills, a private car number plate and house cleaners.<\/p>\n

Nicola Hayter, 51, of Ely worked as a bookkeeper for contractor Retrofit UK from 2009 to 2016.<\/p>\n

In January 2016 the company held a suspension meeting with Hayter because she had taken a loan from them and had asked for \u00a3600 but then taken a further \u00a33,000.<\/p>\n

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Hayter had also used the company\u2019s trade account to purchase personal items, Cambridge Crown Court heard.<\/p>\n

Retrofit looked deeper into their accounts and discovered Hayter had overpaid her own bonuses and spent even more money on the trade account.<\/p>\n

Hayter had spent large amounts on the company credit card but had been paying the bills off at the end of the month to avoid being caught.<\/p>\n

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For a period of time, Hayter\u2019s daughter Emily Griffiths, 26, of\u00a0 Waterbeach, had also worked for Retrofit.<\/p>\n

Investigations revealed Hayter had overpaid her daughter\u2019s wages and transferred even more money from the company\u2019s bank account to Griffiths when she was no longer working there.<\/p>\n

Hayter had also used the company\u2019s bank account to pay for Griffiths\u2019s house to be cleaned.<\/p>\n

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In police interviews Hayter admitted spending some money on the company\u2019s card but suggested others also used it.<\/p>\n

She admitted transferring Griffiths \u00a38,500 to \u2018help her out\u2019 but said she was going to pay it back.<\/p>\n

Hayter told officers she had overpaid her own bonus by mistake and claimed she had upped the limit on the company\u2019s card to pay the company\u2019s bills.<\/p>\n

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When Griffiths was interviewed, she admitted also using the company card at Legoland as well as for car repairs and new tyres.<\/p>\n

But she claimed Hayter had the authority to let other people use it.<\/p>\n

Both Hayter and Griffiths stood trial at Cambridge Crown Court earlier this month.<\/p>\n

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Hayter pleaded guilty to theft while the trial was ongoing and jurors later found Griffiths guilty of possessing criminal property.<\/p>\n

At the same court Griffiths was sentenced to 34 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months.<\/p>\n

She was also ordered to complete a 25-day rehabilitation activity requirement.<\/p>\n

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Hayter is due to be sentenced on April 18 after being released on police bail and given the chance to repay the money she stole.<\/p>\n

DC Kate Housham said: \u201cHayter and Griffiths used the business\u2019s bank card for their own gain with absolutely no consideration for others as they stole from their own employer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of behaviour is unacceptable and we will not tolerate it in our communities.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTheir actions have caused their colleagues a lot of distress and I hope they will now reflect on the effect they have had on the people around them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer http:\/\/bit.ly\/2RW3o1M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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