She splashed out on a white SUV, expensive hair extensions and VIP concert tickets
A finance assistant stole £100,000 from her employer to fund an Instagram lifestyle she could not afford.
But jailing her for 10 months, Judge Richard Gioserano said: "You stole a great deal of money to provide a lifestyle you couldn't afford - a glimpse of which can be seen on your Instagram account." In November 2016, she blew £6,000 of company money in a month, the court heard. But in August 2018, financial controller Chris Russell was reviewing the company credit cards and discovered one - used by Howarth - had been used to withdraw cash. when he checked the filing cabinet he was unable to find the card statements but later found one on Howarth's desk. An investigation was launched and Howarth was suspended from her job.
Over the course of the investigation, Mr Priestley said the disgraced employee manipulated colleagues and drove a wedge between members of staff, who were left unable to know who to believe. He said employing people was at the heart of the business but Howarth abused the trust that was placed in her which "fundamentally broke my belief in people."
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