A thief stole £82,000 from his employer by withdrawing cash and buying flights along with other items and covered it up by falsifying invoices. The theft left his boss feeling "anxious and stressful" with his actions having a massive impact on the business.
David Pollard, 38, of Sandfields, Port Talbot, was employed by Bridgend-based BFL Engineering Services for 11 years but during that time he was fleecing the company of thousands of pounds. The amateur cage fighter used the money to pay for flights from easyJet and items from PC World, Ikea, and JD Sports.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday head the defendant used a number of methods to cover up his offending including falsifying invoices, disguising payments as legitimate business expenses, and changing security information on the company's bank account.
