A woman has been jailed for stealing almost £20,000 from the company she worked for.
Lynsay Railton, 45, of Boyatt Crescent in Eastleigh, was working as an accountant when she defrauded Fairpay Construction Ltd in Basingstoke.
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She abused her position at the company to illegally gain of a total of £19,942.10 between July 2021 and May 2022.
She was sentenced on Thursday, June 13, at Winchester Crown Court to one year in custody after previously pleading guilty to one charge of fraud.
The court heard she made bank transfers from the company account to her Monzo account, used the company card to pay for fuel without permission, and even changed £200 for Euros on the company card when she went on holiday.
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