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Accounts Manager Jailed for Stealing £443,523 to Fund TikTok Token Obsession

Her scheme siphoned off nearly half a million pounds over two years, leaving her employer’s future at risk with dozens of jobs imperiled.

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Overview

  • Katherine Greenall abused her role at New Reg Ltd by authorising 121 unauthorised transactions between January 2023 and May 2025, totalling £443,523.26.
  • She directed £301,162.55 of the stolen funds into TikTok tokens, calling the behaviour an “obsession” that aided her when she felt low.
  • Prosecutors warned that her fraud threatened the company’s financial stability and endangered more than 30 colleagues’ positions.
  • Following her admission of one count of fraud by abuse of position, Liverpool Crown Court judge Neil Flewitt KC handed down a 28-month prison sentence.
  • The judge lamented that Greenall’s two young children will suffer during her term as they are placed in the care of her sister.