Trial due over Lloyds bank £2.5m fraud

Jessica Harper is accused of robbing the Lloyds Banking group of £2,463,750 when she headed the security of one of the institution’s digital sections.

Harper was accused in December after the bank carried out an internal investigation into its finances last year.

Harper had robbed the money in a three-year process between 2008 and 2011 shortly after Lloyds was bailed out by the government.

The Crown Prosecution Service said she faces the judges on Thursday, accused of a single count of fraud by abuse of position between 2008 and 2011.

“The charge relates to an allegation that between 1 September 2008 and 21 December 2011, Jessica Harper dishonestly and with the intention of making a gain for herself, abused her position as an employee of Lloyds Banking Group, in which she was expected to safeguard the financial interests of Lloyds Banking Group, by submitting false invoices to claim payments totalling £2,463,750.88, to which she was not entitled,” Andrew Penhale, of the CPS Central Fraud Group, said.

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