Mum, 33, Defrauds Employer Out of Over £10,000 but Escapes Jail Time

Stockport: A mother named Rachel Vickers, 33, pulled off quite the scam at her job. She defrauded Practical Publishing out of more than £10,000. The judge decided not to send her to jail, mainly because of her young child.

Vickers had been working there for seven years when the company noticed some oddities in their order books. Turns out, she sent 153 machines to a fake customer and pocketed the cash. The prosecutor laid it all out in court, explaining how she abused her position of trust.

When the company audited their records, they found that the equipment worth £10,385 had gone missing. But Vickers only made about £6,000 from the whole deal. She had a previous fraud conviction from 2015, which didn’t help her case.

Her lawyer argued that she was in a tough spot financially and only benefited a little because her last paycheck wasn’t paid. The judge acknowledged her past but ultimately suspended her eight-month sentence for 18 months, considering the impact on her six-month-old baby. She also has to complete 25 days of rehabilitation. It’s a wild story, for sure!