Toys ’R’ Us in Maidenhead hit by quiet Paul the embezzling accountant
Life is not always as it seems… The Sunday Times set the scene with this description: - The 58-year-old accountant, with greying hair and a double chin, appeared to live a life of suburban normality. Home was a modest, chalet-style house on the outskirts of Reading, complete with wife, family and ageing Vauxhall in the drive. Work was in the head office of Toys ’R’ Us in Maidenhead, Berkshire. For 23 years Hopes had toiled there, rising to the less-than-heady heights of …
Life is not always as it seems…
The Sunday Times set the scene with this description: -
The 58-year-old accountant, with greying hair and a double chin, appeared to live a life of suburban normality. Home was a modest, chalet-style house on the outskirts of Reading, complete with wife, family and ageing Vauxhall in the drive.
Work was in the head office of Toys ’R’ Us in Maidenhead, Berkshire. For 23 years Hopes had toiled there, rising to the less-than-heady heights of managing the purchase ledger.
And then hit home with the full details of his secret life of five-star hotels, fast cars and illicit sex. Using bogus invoices Paul Hopes embezzled £3.7m which he blew on a life of extravagant luxury. And he didn’t hold back – according to the report he paid off one hooker’s mortgage and bought another a Bentley.
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