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Head Cashier Jailed for Four-Year £200,000 Fraud to Fund Husband’s Drug Habit

The judge stressed that the scale of her four-year abuse of position left no alternative to a prison term despite her remorse and treatment for anxiety.

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Overview

  • Rachel Wilson exploited her 16-year role at Liverpool Legal Services Ltd to siphon over £200,000 through 89 bogus payments and fabricated cheques between April 2020 and August 2024.
  • Her scheme was exposed when a colleague reviewing accounts during Wilson’s annual leave uncovered financial discrepancies, triggering an internal investigation.
  • Wilson admitted her actions at a disciplinary hearing in September 2024 and again to Merseyside Police, saying she stole to support her husband’s drug habit.
  • Recorder Mark Ainsworth acknowledged her voluntary cognitive behavioural therapy and remorse but ruled that the prolonged breach of trust demanded a custodial sentence.
  • Wilson, a mother of two with no previous convictions, was sentenced on June 18, 2025, to two years and two months in prison at Liverpool Crown Court.