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IT manager has been jailed for seven years after defrauding his employers out of £19m

Thursday, 22 August 2013

IT manager has been jailed for seven years after defrauding his employers out of £19m.

Jonathan Revill made a profit of £5.6 million while working at an energy company in Leeds. 

Over a period of three years Revill ordered computer equipment worth £18,976,062. He faked the signatures on orders and would get the delivery sent his home or to storage unit where he would then sell the equipment on and the cash would be paid into his personal bank account.

104 invoices were submitted by Revill before his fraudulent activies came to light in a financial audit carried out in May.

He blew most of the money on his gambling addiction and paid £500,000 cash for his home in West Yorkshire. He would spend up to £300,000 on one single sporting fixture.

Revill was arrested and then released on bail he then accessed a betting account that had more than £20,000 and lost it all at once during one evening.

His family had no idea about his addiction to betting until he was arrested. His wife and child also found out they would lose their home.

Revill pleaded guilty to four offences of fraud and one account of transferring criminal property.

Mr Revill was on an annual salary of £55,000 plus bonuses and he received £400 car allowance each month.

The energy company he worked for, GDF SUEZ, is one of the world’s largest companies and the Leeds office has a annual turnover of £1 billion.