by James
2. March 2010 06:06
I thought I’d start a new segment of the blog with a couple of odd Poker stories which are flying around the net.
Issue 1: The Scot
Christopher Proudfoot, a UK poker fiend (literally) is facing jail time for trying to embezzle 936, 0000 pounds! He tried to steal this from his firm – for guess what? Online poker!
The gentleman lost this amount of cash over a 3 year period playing over at another poker room which caters to mostly European clients. In this case the prosecutor explained that Proudfoot has lost all of the funds and has no way of paying it back.
So let’s get into the logistics of this all: How do you steal that much money from your workplace?
1. Proudfoot was the finance and credit controller at the company meaning he had access to the company’s books and therefore altered them. Like any good accountant – he was quite skilled in the art of deception. Some might say like a ninja.
2. About a year ago the company suspected Proudfoot was up to no good. Someone was making trouble in their neighbourhood. The promptly called the police, fired him. And starting going through the books.
3. They deduced that Proudfoot has stolen nearly a million pounds from the company over a three year period.
4. Proudfoot fled his parents home (Gosh) and went into hiding. Unlike his accounting skills he was caught quite quickly afterwards.
Christopher Proudfoot has now admitted to stealing the money, and is bracing himself for a substantial prison sentence. He is currently out on bail (and hopefully not playing online poker).