Joanne Connell used taxpayers' details to create fake credits and then transferred the money to her personal bank account to pay off her mortgage and other debts.
Joanne Connell stole the money to pay off her mortgage and other debts by using taxpayer's details to create fake credits and then transferred the money to her personal bank account.
Connell admitted embezzling £193,00 between April 22, 2022, and April 1 the following year. Connell had been accused of taking £291,499 but her guilty plea was accepted to the lower amount. Records showed she first transferred £500 to her account but Mr Thomson told the court: "The sums then increased and she transferred £35,000 on four occasions.
"At that time she told her managers she had difficulty understanding and following instructions, but it seems she continued to perpetrate this crime during her sick leave.
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