'Trusted' woman's damning response to her boss after she's caught stealing £85,000

A payroll assistant who her employer believed he could trust swindled the company out of almost £85,000. Angela Hunter denied her actions were a mistake when her boss first uncovered her shameless actions, a court heard.

The mother-of-two "hijacked" a bank payments system to send more than 200 separate weekly payments to herself for bogus accommodation expenses. Hull Crown Court heard that Hunter, 38, saw the opportunity as a chance to make easy money.

It came after the company she worked for changed its payments system during lockdown, which she believed made it easier for her to run the scam. She added her own name to a list of people who were due to receive payments, Hull Live reports.

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Her actions went on for nearly three years but she was eventually confronted by her managing director after he became suspicious about large payments that had been made. She later accused him of being "rich" all his life and complained bitterly about the "pittance" that she and others were paid by the company, the court heard.

Hunter, of Fairbourne Close, Bransholme, Hull, admitted a charge of theft by an employee of £84,848 between August 18, 2020 and April 24 last year. Jazmine Lee, prosecuting, said that Hunter was working at the time as a payroll assistant for Northern Divers Ltd, of Hull, which provided a wide range of underwater services to civil engineering and marine companies as well as harbour authorities and public utilities.

She began working for the company in November 2015 and her duties included paying workers their accommodation costs in cash. Because of the Covid pandemic, this system was changed to bank transfers.

When that happened, Hunter added her