Former MoD clerk faces jail after stealing nearly £1m in expenses fraud
by Aneesa Ahmed and agency from World news | The Guardian on (#6WM6D)
Aaron Stelmach-Purdie ran scam from Regent's Park barracks between November 2014 and January 2016, court hears
A Ministry of Defence clerk is facing jail time for fraud and money laundering after stealing nearly 1m by entering fake expenses claims into the department's online administrative system.
Southwark crown court heard on Monday that the former corporal Aaron Stelmach-Purdie, 34, had run the scam for just over a year between November 2014 and January 2016 while he worked in central London as a clerk at the MoD's administrative headquarters.
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