£470,000 swindle mother is jailed
A mother-of-two who swindled £470,000 from the Black Country-based firm she worked for to fund an extravagant lifestyle, including a lavish dream wedding, has been jailed for two years.
A mother-of-two who swindled £470,000 from the Black Country-based firm she worked for to fund an extravagant lifestyle, including a lavish dream wedding, has been jailed for two years.
High-flier Joanne Kent, 26, wept in the dock at Wolverhampton Crown Court yesterday after admitting theft and fraud against Walsall-based Wilson UK Ltd.
Kent, formerly of Cannock, started as an office junior at the firm and quickly worked her way up to take charge of payments to suppliers at its accounts department, based on Bloxwich Lane Industrial Estate near Reedswood when she worked for them.
But she syphoned money into her bank accounts 37 times in less than two years with payments ranging from £312 to £24,800 and got away with £473,892 between June 2005 and April 2007, revealed prosecutor Mark Phillips.
Full story in Wednesday's Express & Star.
