A Gore accountancy firm worker has pleaded guilty to siphoning more than $180k from a client’s bank account to cover his own gambling addiction and debts.
The man, whose name is suppressed, admitted the 12 charges of obtaining by deception between 2018-21 in the Gore District Court today.
The court heard the man worked for a firm in Gore and one of his jobs was providing accountancy services to the victim’s company, including the paying of accounts.
Between 2018-21 the police summary said the man transferred money from the victim’s business account to the man’s personal account.
The withdrawals were labelled in such a way that they mimicked invoices the victim had received from outside companies.
The transfers started…