Man tried gambling to recover money
PA Auckland A travel agent! trying to cover up missing money took moire and invested it. at the T.A.B. to . recover the losses, the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland was told. John Christopher Horton, aged 30, of St Heliers, admitted stealing $36,970 from his employer, Dalge- • ty New Zealand, Ltd, before Mr P. D. Mahony, S.M. Sergeant R. E. Brown said the deficiency was found when discounting procedures ■were checked. Horton took money from clients,, but credited only soe of it to their accounts. He recovered the
him on bail to Februay 27. deficiencies by crediting other incoming money to them. When spoken to by the police, he freely admitted his responsibility and helped the police and his employers with details. , Sergeant Brown said he told them matters started • 18 months ago when $4OOO went missing. Instead of reporting it to his employers, he tried _to cover it up by taking more and more. He tried to replace it by using some of it at the T.A.8., but he said he had no intention to defraud. The Magistrate convicted him and remanded
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