In for a Penny, In for a Pounding
An auditor for a bank in Swansea, Wales, opened the safe at a branch and found three empty cash boxes — and a note reading “I have borrowed 7m pounds from the Halifax,” signed Graham Price. Price, 58, was the branch manager, who disappeared when the theft was discovered. The audit found more like 10 million pounds (US$17.6 million) had gone missing over four years. Price was tracked down and pleaded guilty to 43 charges of theft, and suggested prosecutors might like to look into 263 other counts. He says he spent all the cash on horse races; he is so broke that he had to get his attorney from the legal aid society. (London Times) ...You’d think his bookie would be rich enough by now to make a donation toward his defense.
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