Employees cheated mattress firm out of £70,000 - now they have to pay it back, or get locked up

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Employees who set up a false PayPal account to siphon off £70,000 from a mattress firm where they worked have been ordered to repay their ill-gotten gain or risk being sent to prison.

Carl Hestford, 41, and Fiona Kerr, 38, both worked at Carousel Soft Furnishings in Failsworth but began swindling the firm in 2016, a court was told.

Their deception came to light when a customer asked for a refund and the company director found out the pair had set up a false PayPal account and had 'siphoned off' around £70,000.

At a Proceeds of Crime hearing at Minshull Street Crown Court today (Thursday), Hestford, of Daisy Bank Mill Close, Culcheth, was ordered to pay