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Daily Mirror
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Conor Gogarty & Adam May

'Calculating' mum steals £1.3m from family firm over NINE years to fund lavish lifestyle

A "cold and calculating" mum stole over £1.3m from the family firm where she worked to fund luxury holidays, cars and designer clothes.

Fraudster Alison Smith, 42, abused her role over the course of nine years, a court heard.

She took home an annual salary of £32,000 at the time she left Eiran Civil Engineering in Blaenavon, Wales, but sowed division and animosity in the family who own the company so she could go undetected as she made hundreds of fraudulent payments.

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