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Former KPMG director guilty of expenses fraud crime

Published on 16 Sep 2009 under category: legal

A former director of KPMG has been jailed in relation to fraud crimes.

Andrew Wetherall was sentenced to four years after claiming more than £500,000 in expenses to fund his wife's lifestyle.

Southwark Crown Court was told that the 49 year old received £545,620 by this method between September 2002 and January 2007.

He was able to remain undetected by claiming for less than £5,000 each time, as this meant that authorisation was not required.

However, his fraud crimes came to light when a fellow worker became suspicious and questioned some of his air travel expenses.

The amount that he had defrauded was revealed after an investigation by the firm, since when he has repaid the money.

In other news, a former executive of General Re has been sentenced to two years probation for his role in a scam which aimed to manipulate the books of the American International Group.

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