Leiston woman due in court accused of defrauding playgroup out of £17,000
It's over false accounts said to have been filed between 2017 and 2022
A Leiston woman is due in court charged with fraud, after allegedly embezzling around £17,000 from a Suffolk playground.
33 year old Gemma Pearse, formerly of Waterloo Avenue, is accused of two counts of fraud against an organisation.
It's alleged that between January 1 2017 and March 17 2022, while acting as treasurer of Knodishall Playgroup, around £17,000 was taken through cash and bank transfers.
Moreover, its alleged accounts filed between 2017 and 2022 were falsfied.
Pearse is due to appear before Ipswich Magistrates' Court on January 26.