Man Who Stole £19million From Company to Fund Gambling Addiction Sentenced

Written by:
Jagajeet Chiba
Published on:
Aug/21/2013
Man Who Stole £19million From Company to Fund Gambling Addiction Sentenced

An IT manager who stole £19million from his company to help fund his gambling habit has been sentenced to 7 years jail time.

Jonathan Revill, 38, made a profit of £5.6million from a scam over a three year period.  He was employed with a Leeds subsidiary company of GDF Suez – one of the world’s biggest energy companies with a billion pound turnover.  It was there that Revill faked signatures to order company equipment worth £18,976,062.

Revill also once bet £300,000 on a single sporting fixture.

Revill’s lawyer, Benjamin Hargreaves, said one bet was placed for £11,200 on a tennis match and £13,000 was staked on a football match.

Mr Hargreaves said: “Winning or losing didn’t matter.”

- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com

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