Private Sector

An accountant has been jailed for using her company's money on holiday as part of a £20,000 fraud spree.

Lynsay Railton, 45, of Boyatt Crescent, was working at Fairpay Construction Ltd when she conned the business out of almost £20,000.

FIVE men have been charged with running a window company in Bradford “for fraudulent purposes.”

The men, who are all linked to Just Glaze Windows and Doors, have appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court – each charged with “Carrying on business of a company with intent to defraud creditors / for other fraudulent purpose.”

Mike Lynch, once hailed as Britain’s king of technology, has been cleared of charges alleging he orchestrated a fraud and conspiracy leading up to an 11-billion-dollar (£8.64 billion) deal that turned into a costly albatross for Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard (HP).

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A husband and wife will be sentenced at the end of July after they admitted a series of charges relating to fraud with cash involved of more than £700,000.

Cormac McGuckin (38) and Maura McGuckin (34), both of The Meadows in Bellaghy, appeared at Derry Crown Court where counsel asked for them to be re-arraigned.

Maura McGuckin pleaded guilty to two counts of converting criminal property namely £71,804 in holiday expenses and car payments.

The former director of a Fermanagh playgroup has admitted charges of fraud and abusing his position in relation to the theft of almost £12,7900.

Martin Cox (41) from Hillcrest, Enniskillen was accused of seven offences comprising five counts each of fraud by false representation and single counts of theft and fraud by abuse of position.

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A man has been jailed for his part in a £3million scam that saw Edinburgh University targeted as part of a sophisticated operation spanning around a decade from 2005 until 2015.

A salesman was jailed on Friday May 24 after committing a £3.3 million scam against a university after colluding with a senior manager at the institution.

Aasim Johar, 53, while acting with Geoff Turnbull, formed a fraudulent scheme to obtain hospitality, vouchers, money and goods at the expense of Edinburgh University.

The former manager of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, Master of the Queen’s Music, has admitted defrauding the 75-year-old composer of more than £500,000.

Michael Arnold, also 75, was Sir Peter’s manager for more than 30 years.

He pleaded guilty to one charge of false accounting involving £522,333 at Kingston Crown Court on Tuesday. He will be sentenced on October 20.

THE former director of a Fermanagh playgroup has admitted charges of fraud and abusing his position and in relation to theft of almost £12,790.

Martin Cox (41) from Hillcrest, Enniskillen was accused of seven offences comprising five counts each of fraud by false representation and single counts of theft and fraud by abuse of position.

A Stowmarket accountancy firm which is being investigated by police over fraud allegations owes £40,000 for not complying with money laundering regulations, it has emerged.

Apostle Accounting, which was based in Marriotts Walk in the town before it was wound up, owes the sum to the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB).

A former champion figure skater is set to stand trial over claims she defrauded the Hilton Hotel in Park Lane out of more than half a million pounds.

Jubilee Mandl-Daroczy, 40, is accused of siphoning off funds into her own bank account while working as director of business development at the luxury hotel.