"Admin isn't my strong point" management consultant cleared of fraud

[TheFaQQer]

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A finance boss who mistakenly claimed nearly £45,000 in expenses has been cleared of fraud after he explained: 'Admin is not my strong suit.'

Brian Chapman, 55, a management consultant at KPMG, was sacked from his £104,000 a year job after bosses discovered the mistake in 2012.

He had double-claimed or even triple-claimed for international flights, luxury hotels and mobile phone bills over a five-year period. Chapman, who lives with his wife in Scotland but worked in London, admitted he had made false claims during his police interview in December 2012.

But he said it was an honest mistake and offered to repay the funds. Chapman was cleared of fraud after an Old Bailey jury failed to reach a verdict in his retrial.

[BrilloPad]

Of course he got off. He is rich and had a good lawyer.

[MarillionFan]

I did exactly the same this month, realised that I had claimed for a flight to be paid back to me, only to discover that in fact it was paid on my credit card. I immediately alerted Finance.

[Old Greg]

I did exactly the same this month, realised that I had claimed for a flight to be paid back to me, only to discover that in fact it was paid on my credit card. I immediately alerted Finance.

+1. Easy to make mistakes.

MyCo once claimed mileage at too high a rate from a client (they had a higher rate for the first 6500 miles per year or something like that). Fortunately I found out before anyone else, told them and paid it back.

[tractor]

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It's easily done, Harry Redknapp's accountant was his dog.

[Pondlife]

This speaks volumes about the quality of consultant you get from KPMG, PWC et al.

Vive la travailleur indépendant!

[original PM]

This speaks volumes about the quality of consultant you get from KPMG, PWC et al.

Vive la travailleur indépendant!

Indeed anyone who earns £104,000 per year but cannot correctly fill in an expense claim is either

a) Not worth £104,000 per year (who would want to be advised by someone who is unable to follow a process millions can?)

b) A lying fecker

I think we know the answer is b

[MarillionFan]

Indeed anyone who earns £104,000 per year but cannot correctly fill in an expense claim is either

a) Not worth £104,000 per year (who would want to be advised by someone who is unable to follow a process millions can?)

b) A lying fecker

I think we know the answer is b

Or

c) Too busy.

[original PM]

Or

c) Too busy.

Lol yeah to busy to not just fill it in once but 2 or 3 times for the same items.

[I just need to test it]

Five years of overclaiming from presumably multiple clients? The incompetence is hardly just his.