A crooked primary school worker who pocketed hundreds of thousands of pounds to fund an "extravagant lifestyle" of luxury holidays and cars has been jailed.
But Kingston Crown Court heard how Poole abused her position as signatory of the club's bank account to the tune of £490,000 from October 2011 until October 2018 by transferring funds, writing out cheques to herself and then cashing the cheques. In February 2009, Poole submitted a 'Variation in Pay Form' to Surrey County Council, in which she increased her own salary scale from level E to F.
Poole was convicted of one count of fraud by abuse of position and three counts of fraud by false representation following a trial.Her husband, Gary Poole, 67, was found not guilty of one charge of acquisition, use and possession under the Proceeds of Crime Act. "No doubt Debra would have continued had the school not worked out what was going on and reported the matter to police. This resulted in a lengthy and complex investigation which included examining bank accounts and hundreds of documents to prove that she had defrauded the school."
Why is this on Glasgow Live? Nothing to do with Glasgow.
Strip her of everything she owns