A WOMAN from Bolton has been jailed for over two years after stealing more than £170,000 from her employer.
Terri Hardman, 30, of Crammond Walk, Halliwell pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position at an earlier hearing and was today, jailed for two years and two months at Bolton Crown Court.
In her role as administrator at a learning development company, Hardman had access to the company’s bank account and the personal bank accounts of her manager, for which she had known for 15 years.
She had fraudulently taken out loans and credit cards in her manager’s name and transferred a significant amount to her personal account.
A report was made to police in January and, following an investigation, it was found Hardman stole a total of £172,684.30 between 7 March 2014 and 1 June 2015.
Hardman has however, successfully paid back £81,791.29 of the total amount stolen, prior to police being alerted.
Detective Constable Andy Devonshire of GMP’s Fraud Investigation, said: “Hardman abused her position of trust and mercilessly stole from a company who benefit young people’s learning and development.”
“The selfishness and complete disregard she has shown has had a huge impact on the company and caused a significant amount of distress to all involved.”
“Today’s sentencing sends a message to the people of Greater Manchester that fraud and deception will not be tolerated and we will continue our work to bring these people to justice.”
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