Mum jailed for stealing £100,000 from boss to fund 'Instagram lifestyle' – Birmingham Live

A mum-of-two funded her ‘Instagram lifestyle’ by stealing £100,000 from her employer, splashing out on a white SUV, expensive hair extensions and VIP concert tickets at their expense. Laura Howarth took cash ‘every single week’, only stopping when she went on holiday and maternity leave. The 41-year-old finance assistant mimicked the lifestyles of other glamorous women, including her boss’s wife. She posted snippets of her lavish lifestyle on social media. But in reality, she earned just over £900 a month and owed ‘a couple of thousand’ in pay day loans, LancsLive reports. Preston Crown Court heard Howarthapplied for extensions to the credit card limits to allow her to steal up to £6,000 a month and w hen the thefts came to light in August 2018, she claimed she had shared the money with her colleagues at British Independent Utilities. READ MORE: Exact temperature you should set your thermostat to keep warm and save money Howarth , of Devona Avenue, Blackpool , was employed by the Times Top 100 company in 2013 and entrusted to take care of the petty cash and expense accounts. But she started stealing ‘almost immediately’, said Stuart Neale, prosecuting. In August that year she withdrew £50…
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