iOS - Android Glasgow Sheriff Court heard Reid carried out 155 transactions and pocketed a total of £244,950.The 39-year-old confessed to his manager when caught and stated he had a “gambling addiction.”Reid, of East Kilbride, pled guilty to embezzlement on Friday.The first offender was granted bail and will be sentenced next month.Court heard Reid joined the recruitment company as a finance officer in March 2014.Reid was responsible for the payroll, arranging payments and collections of overpayments from “umbrella companies”.He resigned after the company was unable to match the salary of a job he was offered elsewhere.But, an audit in August 2017 uncovered “discrepancies within the payroll”.Prosecutor Sarah Latta said: “Reid was in control.
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