Photo: NZ HeraldA senior employee at SkyCity Hamilton and Waikato Diocesan School for Girls who stole a total of $2.77m while working for the company and school to fund her lavish lifestyle has been jailed for seven years and eight months. Judge Philip Connell told Grant her repetitive offending was "clever and cunning" and she had breached the organisations' and employees' trust. In June, Grant pleaded guilty to stealing $1.98m from SkyCity between 2008 and 2013. The fraud related to 71 transactions over five years while she worked at SkyCity as its finance manager and acting general manager. Following the offending at Waikato Diocesan coming to light, SkyCity also uncovered some irregularities and further charges were laid against Grant.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 11, 2017 01:52 UTC