Rachel Wilson, who had worked in the finance department for 16 years in Great Britain, stole more than 260,000 US dollars from her workplace to finance her husband's addiction to drugs. This was reported by zamon.uz here.
Wilson, who served as the chief treasurer in the company, utilized her position to embezzle funds through fake payments and forged checks. She started embezzling funds from April 2020, but the crime was unveiled in August 2024 after a temporary colleague, standing in for her, detected problems in financial reports.
As a result of an internal investigation, Rachel confessed her guilt and provided a full statement to the police. In court, she explained that she committed the act out of desperation, led by her husband's drug problem. Her lawyer emphasized that the woman had not been previously convicted, lived a modest life, and struggled with mental health issues.
However, Judge Mark Ainsworth of the Liverpool Royal Court, taking into account the scale of the crime and the breach of trust, sentenced the woman to two years of imprisonment. The court mentioned that Wilson's actions not only caused significant harm to the company but also to her family, especially her children.
