Woman in court over Haverhill fraud charges
A woman has appeared in court charged with offences relating to fraud in Haverhill, totalling over £700,000.
Ciara Highfield, aged 32, of Holly Street, in Lincoln, appeared at Ipswich Magistrates Court today (Friday, June 9) after being summonsed to court to be formally charged with the five offences.
The five charges were:
- Fraud by abuse of position under the Fraud Act 2006 from 1 Oct 2019 to 30 April 2020 at Haverhill committed fraud in that, while occupying a position, namely finance manager, in which she was expected to safeguard, or not to act against, the financial interests of Maze Rattan Ltd dishonestly abused that position intending thereby to make a gain of £34,708.
- Concealing/disguising/converting/transferring/remove criminal property between 14 October 2019 to 18 February 2022 in Haverhill concealed, disguised, converted, transferred or removed criminal property, namely money, by means of false accounting and bank transfers.
- Theft from the person of another on 10 March 2022 at Doncaster, in Yorkshire, stole £10,000 cash, belonging to Lakeside Furniture Direct.
- Fraud by false representation between 1 February 2021 and 30 March 2022 in Haverhill committed fraud in that she dishonestly made a false representation, namely having authority to use a company fuel card, intending to make a gain, namely , for yourself £7,048.07.
- Fraud by abuse of position – Fraud Act 2006 between 1 October 2019 to 28 February 2022 in Haverhill committed fraud in that, while occupying a position, namely finance manager, in which you were expected to safeguard, or not to act against, the financial interests of Maze Rattan Limited dishonestly abused that position intending thereby to make a gain of £680,637.17.
- No pleas were entered and she was bailed and is due to appear before Ipswich Crown Court on July 7 for a further hearing.