Police said Williams had been selling solar PV products to customers at reduced prices before creating false invoices to direct payments into his own bank account and updating the company’s systems to say customers had cancelled their orders.
He kept empty boxes in the warehouse to hide missing stock, but when managers became suspicious, he confessed.
As a result of him selling stock at reduced prices, the court heard Williams made about £150,000 from the two-year fraud.
The UK arm of the business was closed as a result, leading to five job losses.
While the custodial sentence was suspended, Williams must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and complete an alcohol treatment requirement for nine months.
Det Con Anna Haynes, who led the…
