Overview
- Police say the administrative worker created fictitious supplier invoices and replaced legitimate bank details with her own while using the company’s authorized payment protocol.
- The company owner uncovered unauthorized transfers during a routine expense review and filed a complaint that triggered the economic crimes unit’s probe.
- Officers report the suspect had access to the coordinate card and passwords for supplier payments and had worked at the firm since 2017, with the scheme beginning in mid-2024.
- After being dismissed, the woman delivered a letter admitting the fraud and the debt, and she was detained on suspicion of fraud and document falsification.
- In court she said she diverted funds to pay for her mother’s cancer treatment; the judge released her with passport withdrawal and fortnightly check-ins as the investigation continues.