A mum-of-three who enjoyed a lavish "fantasy life" saw her scam come crashing down after a £37.80 purchase at B&Q. Tracy Ellis swindled her employer out of £180,000 over a period of more than five years.
Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday (July 10) how the 52-year-old, who had been "highly trusted" by her bosses, used the cash to shower loved ones with gifts.
But Ellis was confronted after her trip to B&Q, before an investigation uncovered 139 transactions she made, wrongly using company funds.
Her actions were described as a "betrayal" to the small firm which employed her as a bookkeeper for almost 10 years, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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