Scam resulted in firm paying 鈥榞host workers鈥� 拢165,000
Two men who took part in a scam to defraud Balfour Beatty of 拢165,000 have been ordered to repay their share of the money.
The Lincolnshire Echo reports the men were part of a scam which saw them create ghost workers on Balfour Beatty鈥檚 books and then pocket the wages. The scam ran from November 2005 to March 2011.
In October last year Sean Sullivan, a former operations manager at Balfour Beatty, was sentenced to three years in jail for masterminding the scheme and pocketing 拢91,000.
Yesterday, two further men were ordered to pay back thousands of pounds.
Craig Topley, a former contracts manager at the firm, was ordered to pay back the 拢14,757 he made from the crime within 28 days.
Darren Statham, who was recruited as one of the ghost workers, was judged to have made 拢3,554 for the fraud but due to a lack of assets was order to pay back 拢1,625.
Sullivan will appear in court again next month at a confiscation hearing to find out how much he will need to pay back.
The compensation collected by the court is to be returned to Balfour Beatty.
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