A Midlands mum in the UK already serving a prison sentence for stealing £1.6m ($2.2m) from her employer must now sell her car, house and other assets to pay back a fraction of what she stole. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
A mum from England who stole £1.6m ($2.2m) from her employer in Derbyshire to fund her gambling habit will have to sell her home, designer goods and her Mercedes-Benz – complete with custom number plate – to help make the payment. part of what you took.
Recorder Tim Sprouse sentenced Karen Brailsford, 53, to four years and eight months in prison for the offense in September 2022. Seh appeared from prison via video link at a Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) hearing at Derby Crown Court on Thursday.
Brailsford had assets of just £130,314.59 ($164,284.35 USD)
While Brailsford was in prison, Derbyshire Police financial detectives were following her money trail. At this week’s hearing, the inquest revealed that Brailsford only had assets worth £130,314.59 ($164,284.35) to her name.
Unlike the United States’ equivalent Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA), money seized under POCA is divided equally between the police and government and is often used to fund community projects. In the Mother of Gambling case, Judge Shawn Smith K.
Of the money Brailsford stole, police revealed that she spent £298,867 (US$376,704) on gambling.
