Overview

• Nottingham Crown Court jailed Keeley Coleman, 48, for two years and seven months after she pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by abuse of position and one count of false accounting.
• Prosecutors said she repeatedly withdrew cash using two residents’ cards and a pooled card for seven others that were stored in a locked office safe between December 2020 and October 2023.
• Spending cited by the judge included a car for her daughter, a caravan and a hot tub, while staff were told there was no budget for essentials for residents.
• Losses outlined in court included £21,528.40 from one resident, £10,457.65 from another and £23,634.51 from pooled cards, with overall business impact calculated at £61,050.99 and £29,162 in transfers traced by police.
• Creative Care, now part of Consensus, apologized, said it is close to reimbursing those affected, and reported strengthened financial auditing in coordination with Nottinghamshire County Council and police.