From Tim Falkiner
We should try and do something about this. She is due to appear before the Supreme Court on Tuesday 11 December. It is noteworthy that she was not gambling on local pokies but on an internet reel machine operated out of the UK by a British bookie. How could she spend almost $8 million without being picked up by a bank or by the bookie? I thought the Howard Government banned internet gambling. This is ridiculous.
Administration manager Wendy Hope Jobson stole and lost $8 million on online pokies
Emily Portelli
Herald Sun
November 28, 2012
A GAMBLING-addicted mother of two was "floored" to learn she had wasted almost $8 million on online pokies.
Wendy Hope Jobson leaves court. Picture: Jon Hargest Source: Herald Sun
A GAMBLING-addicted mother of two was "floored" to learn she had wasted almost $8 million on online pokies.
Administration manager Wendy Hope Jobson used internet banking to siphon money from her hotel-business employer more than 1000 times over five years.
Jobson, 50, wasted the money on a gambling website, spending most of it on a poker machine game called Doctor Love.
She then used the frequent-flyer points gained on her credit card on luxury overseas fares.
Jobson pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court yesterday to 1410 counts of theft.
Mitchell Koroneos, managing director of The Koroneos Group, which owns three hotels in Geelong and another in Werribee, said he was alerted to unusual transactions by his bank manager in September last year.
He was told that $10,000 had been transferred from the company's accounts to Jobson's account four times.
A forensic investigation later revealed Jobson had stolen about $7.8 million.
Mr Koroneos thought Jobson, who worked for the company for 16 years, was a reliable employee and he said he had treated her like family.
In her police interview, Jobson said she would "lose" herself on gambling site 21Nova, which doubled her credits because she was "such a great customer".
She said she tried to win back her losses so she could return the money and not be found out.
"One time I won $1 million," she said.
"But they only paid you $20,000 every four days ... so you would keep gambling, because why not? It's there. And I'd lose it."
Jobson's bail was extended until she appeared in the Supreme Court on December 11.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/administration-manager-wendy-hope-jobson-stole-and-lost-8-million-on-online-pokies/story-e6frg6n6-1226525243429
A GAMBLING-addicted mother of two was "floored" to learn she had wasted almost $8 million on online pokies.
Administration manager Wendy Hope Jobson used internet banking to siphon money from her hotel-business employer more than 1000 times over five years.
Jobson, 50, wasted the money on a gambling website, spending most of it on a poker machine game called Doctor Love.
She then used the frequent-flyer points gained on her credit card on luxury overseas fares.
Jobson pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court yesterday to 1410 counts of theft.
Mitchell Koroneos, managing director of The Koroneos Group, which owns three hotels in Geelong and another in Werribee, said he was alerted to unusual transactions by his bank manager in September last year.
He was told that $10,000 had been transferred from the company's accounts to Jobson's account four times.
A forensic investigation later revealed Jobson had stolen about $7.8 million.
Mr Koroneos thought Jobson, who worked for the company for 16 years, was a reliable employee and he said he had treated her like family.
In her police interview, Jobson said she would "lose" herself on gambling site 21Nova, which doubled her credits because she was "such a great customer".
She said she tried to win back her losses so she could return the money and not be found out.
"One time I won $1 million," she said.
"But they only paid you $20,000 every four days ... so you would keep gambling, because why not? It's there. And I'd lose it."
Jobson's bail was extended until she appeared in the Supreme Court on December 11.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/administration-manager-wendy-hope-jobson-stole-and-lost-8-million-on-online-pokies/story-e6frg6n6-1226525243429
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