Gaming worker jailed for rerouting €13,000 in firm funds to private Revolut account

A former gaming worker, Jonathan James Borg, has been sentenced to 4 years in jail after being discovered responsible of diverting greater than €13,000 in firm funds to his private Revolut account.

The 44-year-old, who labored as a finance and reconciliations guide, was convicted by the court docket of aggravated theft, fraud, unauthorised laptop entry, and cash laundering.

The court docket additionally ordered the confiscation of €10,000 in deposits and €75,000 in private ensures, each to be forfeited to the federal government. The court docket additionally dominated that the €13,000 misappropriated be paid to the federal government.

The case dates again to 2019, when the corporate he labored for seen {that a} portion of its shopper funds had not arrived in its accounts. An inner test revealed that deposits had as an alternative been despatched to a Revolut account belonging to the previous worker, who had left the agency a couple of months earlier.

Although his employment had been terminated, his entry credentials to the shopper fee platform had remained energetic. Investigators discovered that he had logged into the system which he had entry to, modified the corporate’s financial institution particulars, and changed them together with his personal Revolut IBAN.

Between May and June 2019, over €13,000 in shopper commissions had been transferred to his account and later withdrawn in money from ATMs. The lacking funds had been first seen when partial funds had been obtained on two invoices, prompting an inner audit that led to the invention of the diverted transactions.

During questioning, the person admitted recognising among the transactions however denied others. However, inspectors Doriette Cuschieri and Joseph Xerri testified that he was the only real person of the Revolut account and had by no means filed any experiences of unauthorised entry.

The court docket heard that the manipulation of account particulars was carried out after his dismissal, exploiting the delay in revoking his entry.

The court docket mentioned the acts had been “calculated and deliberate,” describing them as a severe breach of belief by an worker who used his place to achieve illicitly.

Apart from the jail time period and monetary confiscations, he was completely interdicted from participating in any business exercise and quickly barred from holding public workplace for 5 years after finishing his sentence.

The prosecution was led by Inspectors Doriette Cuschieri and Joseph Xerri.

Lawyers Stefano Filletti and Maurice Meli appeared as parte civile, whereas the accused was represented by lawyer Ezekiel Psaila. Magistrate Gabriella Vella presided over the case.