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Nine bank accounts; the sum of £90,000; and one guilty insurance agent – that’s the fraud case that went on at Aviva for nearly three years involving now 29-year-old Aaron Williams.
A report by STV News said Williams, who was initially charged with embezzlement worth more than £117,000, admitted siphoning the smaller amount off Aviva between November 2012 and May 2015 while he worked at the insurer’s Scottish unit in Perth. Thanks to a “suspicious-looking” account spotted by a colleague, alarm bells were set off and led to his arrest over the fake refunds.
“The investigation identified the accused as being responsible for a large number of irregular payments totalling £90,000,” fiscal depute Tina Dickie was quoted as telling the Perth Sheriff Court. “It had been paid into nine bank accounts over the period, all of them relating to the accused. The vast majority had been authorised by the accused himself, using his unique Aviva system identification.”
Meanwhile the UK insurer has so far recovered almost £52,000 of the embezzled amount, according to the report.
Williams is set to return to court next month for his sentencing.
