By Woman who stole £1.7m jailed
A woman who admitted stealing over £1.7 million from the company she worked for has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Lisa Crawshaw, 45, from Gainsborough appeared at Grimsby Crown Court on Friday 26 February charged with fraud.
She admitted to stealing the money in order to fund her luxurious lifestyle for around five years, purchasing numerous expensive horses and equestrian equipment.
The owners of the company discovered the theft when they started to receive debt collecting letters following the sale of the company.
DS Ben Robinson from our Economic Crime Unit said:
“Fraud can be an extremely distressing offence to become a victim of, especially when the level of offending is of the magnitude in this case.
“It is clear that Lisa Crawshaw had no regard for her employers and instead defrauded them to fund her own luxuries.
“With a habit of buying horses ‘more addictive than drugs’, as said in her own words, Miss Crawshaw not only destroyed a successful North Lincolnshire business, she also destroyed the owners’ years of dedication and future financial security.
“Investigators from our asset recovery team continue to make enquiries into any assets that have been gained as a result of Lisa Crawshaw’s criminality.
“She will now have the next few years in prison to reflect on her actions, and I do hope this goes some way to bringing the victims a sense of closure.”
Anyone who believes they have been a victim of fraud to report it through Action Fraud.
