Man sentenced after stealing £12k from High Wycombe firm
He has been given a suspended prison sentence
A man has been sentenced for stealing £12,000 from a High Wycombe company.
Following a Thames Valley Police investigation, a man has been sentenced for fraud offences in High Wycombe.
David Humber, aged 48 of Priory Close, Denham, pleaded guilty to an offence of fraud by false representation at Aylesbury Crown Court on Thursday (8/7).
He was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment, suspended for 18 months and will be required to perform 200 hours’ of unpaid work. He was also ordered to pay £12,000 in compensation.
Between 1 April 2017 and 21 January 2020 Humber falsified invoices at Grant & Stone, where he was employed as a manager, in order to obtain cash refunds which he then retained for himself.
Humber was arrested in April 2019 and charged in October 2020.
Investigating officer Detective Constable Tom Digby from High Wycombe police station, said:
“Humber had worked for Grant & Stone for 17 years. During this time he built up the trust of the company and was promoted to the position of branch manager.
“He held this position for eight years and despite the generous salary and benefits that came with it, he abused the trust put in him and used his position in the company to steal large sums of money over a long period of time.
“He has been convicted of stealing £12,000.
“The impact that Humber’s actions have had on the company go beyond purely financial, as he was a trusted and well liked member of the team and his actions have left the managers and employees of the company with sense of betrayal.
“His conviction will hopefully start to make amends for the damage he has done”.