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**chocolate_frog** · 21-05-2012, 22:24

Personal assistant at Ministry of Defence who squirreled £45,000 in fake travel and subsidence claims, jailed | Mail Online

Two years before she was caught? And why would a PA need to drive to 'MoD bases throughout the country'?

**TheIronDuke** · 21-05-2012, 22:42

Fucking disgraceful. They'll be questioning the exces of day-raters next. Are there no beans that require counting?

**Biscuits_AB** · 21-05-2012, 22:44

No, she ate them.

**sunami** · 21-05-2012, 22:48

Maybe she didn't fancy being an MP.

**Wordsmith** · 21-05-2012, 23:04

This is the bit I like:

Helen Baggaley, 32, took advantage of a 'lax accounting system' which allowed her to sign off her own expenses.

Tip of the iceberg is a phrase that comes to mind. If you allow this sort of thing anywhere - not just the MOD - people will take the piss. This may have been one of the worst examples, but it may well be going on at a lower level in quite a few other places.

In the multinational I work for, I have to provide receipts for all expenses over £10. My boss is required to sign off my expenses, and in parallel I send of a copy of the receipts. Signing off my expenses is quite a quick job as they're not generally checked in detail, but if necessary someone could retrieve my receipts and verify they're all legit. That's a far more difficult system to fiddle. I can't see anyone fiddling my employers for £45K that easily.

Wordsmith

**cuckingfunt** · 21-05-2012, 23:44

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WTF did she spend the money on?

Not clothes or teeth, obviously.

**FroggyStyle** · 21-05-2012, 23:49

Stupid tart shouldve just said her wrists and hands were a bit sore from the relentless typing, cocktail glass lifting and wanks shes given out and let the system lash her up with a multi million pound settlement

**Mr_C_Hinecap** · 22-05-2012, 06:53

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

Two years before she was caught? And why would a PA need to drive to 'MoD bases throughout the country'?

13 months, but don't let your inability to read beyond the headlines stop your outrage.

**DemsMaShoes** · 22-05-2012, 07:27

Why didn't she apologise, pay the money back and then "draw a line under the matter"?
Isn't that how it's done now?

**redshift** · 22-05-2012, 08:41

Originally Posted by Wordsmith

This is the bit I like:

Tip of the iceberg is a phrase that comes to mind. If you allow this sort of thing anywhere - not just the MOD - people will take the piss. This may have been one of the worst examples, but it may well be going on at a lower level in quite a few other places.

In the multinational I work for, I have to provide receipts for all expenses over £10. My boss is required to sign off my expenses, and in parallel I send of a copy of the receipts. Signing off my expenses is quite a quick job as they're not generally checked in detail, but if necessary someone could retrieve my receipts and verify they're all legit. That's a far more difficult system to fiddle. I can't see anyone fiddling my employers for £45K that easily.

Wordsmith

My company uses this for all expenses. Mandatory for anyone claiming stuff.

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