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Finance boss stole £370k from his firm and bought kittens
June 25, 2018
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-44604630


Farrimond also bought a house with cash from the fraud  -- GMP

A building firm's finance boss siphoned off nearly £370,000 in company cash to fund a lavish lifestyle that included buying pedigree kittens, a court heard.

Matthew Farrimond, admitted 12 counts of fraud by pretending to pay the cash to charities and also one offence of money laundering.

Farrimond, 41, from Buckshaw Village, Chorley, was jailed four years, at a Bolton Crown Court hearing.

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Re: Finance boss stole £370k from his firm and bought kittens
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2018, 01:36:17 am »
I can’t condone, but I do understand.

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Re: Finance boss stole £370k from his firm and bought kittens
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2018, 02:20:19 am »


My avatar shows the national debt in stacks of $100 bills.  If you look very closely under the crane you can see the Statue of Liberty.

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Re: Finance boss stole £370k from his firm and bought kittens
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2018, 08:45:19 pm »
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"...pedigree kittens..."

If this person had adopted kitties, I might be a little bit sympathetic. 

Man is a thief.  Send him straight to jail where he belongs.

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