Alan Doig, a senior accountant at Gedling Borough Council, has been sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling almost £934,000 over nearly two decades to finance his gambling habit. Doig manipulated figures related to the council's employee car loan scheme to siphon cash into his own accounts through fraudulent invoices, credit notes, and account transfers.
A senior accountant at Gedling Borough Council who stole almost £1m of taxpayers' money to fund his gambling addiction , has been jailed for five years. Nottingham Crown Court heard how over nearly 20 years, Alan Doig transferred £934,343.30 of money meant to pay for public services into his own bank accounts.
“Between 2002 and 2022, you made 86 fraudulent transactions to obtain just under £1m. You were in a posiiton of trust and responsibility and you abused that.” He said an accounts assistant ran a report on the scheme in 2022 and found payment discrepancies pointing towards Doig. He said: “In addition, a search of the defendant’s desk at work found a whole host of documents used in this fraud.
“From then on he described it ‘as a constant, every single night’. It was all he thought about, day in and day out. He opened multiple online accounts to avoid betting company restrictions and once he’d used up his salary and savings he started committing fraud, chasing his losses. He did say though that he always paid his mortgage and his bills, so his gambling monies came out of the rest of his income.
“On an average of more than £46,000 per annum, that could have employed extra street cleaners, bin collectors or gardeners who would have made a real difference to the borough. The fact this was portrayed during an era of openness is truly shocking to members of staff who worked with Alan on a daily basis and they are struggling to come to terms with what he has done. Some members of staff also have a feeling of self-blame that they did not find out about this sooner.
A Proceed of Crime Act hearing, which could see Doig stripped of any assets, will take place on a future date.
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