Hunt told friends that she had a successful cleaning business that funded her luxurious lifestyle - although in reality she received a salary of £1,800 a month.
Prosecutors said she also created false invoices for “supplies” and “business expenses” which were paid into her personal accounts. Hunt was finally caught out after a tenant contacted the property firm to say they’d been asked to change the account they made rent payments to.A source said: “Hunt is a fantasist but she is also very clever. The way she was able to keep this fraud from being discovered for such a long time shows she knew what she was doing.'Lynne Barrie, procurator fiscal for Lothian and Borders, said: "Fraud and embezzlement are not victimless crimes.
Police Scotland's Det Sgt Drummond Fyall said: “She clearly believed that her criminality would go undetected.She was convicted of embezzling £899,164.77 between 2016 and 2019. She also received a further conviction of pretending to 11 renters that they had to pay deposits for flats when no sums were due, obtaining £7,295 by fraud.