Man Who Stole £19million From Company to Fund Gambling Addiction Sentenced
Published on:
Aug/21/2013
An IT manager who stole £19million from his company to help fund his gambling habit has been sentenced to 7 years jail time.
Jonathan Revill, 38, made a profit of £5.6million from a scam over a three year period. He was employed with a Leeds subsidiary company of GDF Suez – one of the world’s biggest energy companies with a billion pound turnover. It was there that Revill faked signatures to order company equipment worth £18,976,062.
Revill also once bet £300,000 on a single sporting fixture.
Revill’s lawyer, Benjamin Hargreaves, said one bet was placed for £11,200 on a tennis match and £13,000 was staked on a football match.
Mr Hargreaves said: “Winning or losing didn’t matter.”
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
