Despite stealing millions, the man “thought it was ridiculous” when the company fired him.
James Hall, 49, conned the company he worked for out of a staggering £6.7m. James Hall, 49, had claimed the large transactions he made to his bank were loans from the director of shopfitting company Vale UK in Merseyside.
Despite stealing millions, Hall “thought it was ridiculous” when the company fired him, Bolton Crown Court heard.Read more:Hall, who was on £81,000, was confronted in 2015 after irregularities were identified. He told his bosses that he took the money to bet on the Stock Exchange because he “wanted security for his wife and children."Ms McNeil said: “He couldn’t believe the defendant acted in the way he did, he was a trusted employee."Andrew Nutall, defending, said his client was suffering from a gambling addiction and was “shocked” to find out he had been dismissed from the company.
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