Lucy Kaur, 41, used her smart device to pocket more than £4,000 from Chester Racecourse by carrying out fake refunds and diverting the cash straight into her own bank account.
A HR manager who used her smartwatch to hack tills to give herself thousands of pounds of bogus refunds at the world's oldest racecourse has avoided prison.
An investigation into a Halifax account operated by an unknown person showed 'large incoming payments' whilst further investigation discovered that £4,237.90 of the stolen money had been sent by bank transfer to Kaur's own account. Elizabeth Browne, prosecuting, said: 'The circumstances are that on September 12, 2023, Emma Harrison, the HR manager of Chester Racecourse reported an employee was suspected of having refunded £4,237.90 by smart watch to two accounts when not authorised to do so between May and September 2023.
In mitigation her solicitor Steven Alis said: 'She did have a degree of trust and that degree of trust was limited. She was slightly higher than a general bartender but had no other responsibilities. They could all do refunds as such. 'That is an offence of theft in breach of trust and is made more serious by your record of relevant offences.
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