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07/08/2012
Former Head Of Online Security At Lloyds Admits £2.4m Fraud
A former Lloyds Bank worker in charge of online security has admitted carrying out a £2.4m fraud.
50-year-old Jessica Harper had been accused of submitting false invoices to claim payments between 2007 and 2011.
At the time she was working as head of fraud and security for digital banking and made false claims totalling £2,463,750.
She was arrested on 21 December before being charged in May.
At Southwark Crown Court, Harper admitted a single charge of fraud by abuse of position by submitting false invoices to claim payments.
She also admitted a single charge of transferring criminal property, the money, which she had defrauded from her employers.
(H/GK)
50-year-old Jessica Harper had been accused of submitting false invoices to claim payments between 2007 and 2011.
At the time she was working as head of fraud and security for digital banking and made false claims totalling £2,463,750.
She was arrested on 21 December before being charged in May.
At Southwark Crown Court, Harper admitted a single charge of fraud by abuse of position by submitting false invoices to claim payments.
She also admitted a single charge of transferring criminal property, the money, which she had defrauded from her employers.
(H/GK)
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