Manjit Singh swiped the funds from the solicitors' firm she worked for and transferred it to her supposed lover
A woman stole nearly £1million from her employer and gave it to her online lover that did not exist.
View gallery Peter Killen, prosecuting, described how she had been trusted to work on cases and with the business' accounts, transferring funds within the company and making payments to third parties. But, on October 6, 2021, owner Naeem Baig checked the firm's balance to find it standing at £40,000, when he was expecting it to be around £800,000.
Mr Baig spoke to Singh the same evening, but she claimed the transfers had "been properly made by the firm". The following morning, he received a WhatsApp message from her stating: "Naeem, call me before you call the bank, I know what the problem was and I will solve it today regarding the bank payment."
Top news stories today She said she had met Mr Jani, who supposedly lived in Dubai, online on a site called asianshaadi.com and "believed he wanted to marry her". He had initially asked her to "help with a few thousands pounds", but she was then "asked for larger and larger payments" which he claimed would be refunded.
Ms Henshaw added: "She was told she was beautiful, he would care for her and look after her and they were in love. She is at a loss as to how she could have been so naïve. Singh admitted eight counts of fraud by abuse of position. She was jailed for two years this afternoon. Sentencing, Judge David Aubrey KC said: "The amount stolen by you is, in truth, quite staggering. Not only were you a fraudster, you were also the victim of a fraud that has rightly been called a romance fraud.
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