A heartless finance worker from Wishaw has been convicted of stealing £75,000 from her dying boss despite her claims being that he gave her permission to take company cash.
A callous Lanarkshire finance worker who claimed her dying boss gave her permission to take company cash has been convicted of stealing £75,000.
READ MORE: Glasgow church where serial killer Peter Tobin hid body of victim Angelina Kluk will close for goodBut a probe was launched after two payments of £1,000 were made to her account with no explanation. An accountant found a string of discrepancies between November 2017 and September 2020 which were ruled 'deliberate and fraudulent'.
Giving evidence to depute fiscal Rebecca Clark, Ainsley Tiffen told how her trust in Magunnigle had been shattered."It was very stressful going through the transactions and it showed Marie had paid herself an extra £10,000 on the day they were trying to put my dad onto a ventilator and she would have been fully aware of what was happening.""We fully trusted Marie to make sure the company was running as normal when we were more focused on my dad because he was so ill.
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