He lived beyond his means, embezzling money from the company that employed him. A 37-year-old man was brought before a court for embezzling around 32,000 euros from a tree pruning and felling company in Yvelines. This logistics manager from Saulx-Marchais, near Beynes, distributed fuel cards and stole equipment that he resold.
The scam was discovered last March. The company’s boss filed a complaint after noticing that one of the company’s fuel cards was being used… by a VTC driver. The latter allegedly obtained a card from the logistics manager for the sum of 1,500 euros. It appears that thirteen other cards were involved, for a total loss of 8,000 euros.
The net is tightening on the crook. The CEO observes that several of his employee’s personal expenses have been passed off as company expenses. The manager also expresses doubts about some equipment ordered. Equipment that was actually used in the context of another activity of the logistics manager: he was also the head of a tool sales company.
He resells equipment for 25,000 euros
Investigators from the Élancourt police station analysed the bank accounts of the person concerned and those of his partner. Which revealed high expenses, much higher than their salaries. The accounts were notably funded by payments from the website Leboncoin.fr, most likely the proceeds from the sale of equipment ordered by the tree pruning company. This was quickly confirmed by the company’s general manager. Total amount of the operations: 25,000 euros, spread over 58 ads, over a period of six months.
All the money received was seized from the couple’s accounts. The man had already been dismissed for serious misconduct by his previous employer in the past. He had rented the company’s equipment to third parties without permission.
