An American Express rep whose Australian Dream was shattered when he lost his job to a native embarked on a £67,000 revenge spending spree after claiming the credit card firm "ruined" his life.
Luke Colley,21, admitted blowing cash belonging to 14 of his clients within eight days of getting a job as a customer services representative and was jailed for 15 months at the Old Bailey.
The spree included a £5,000 deposit for an exclusive Wimbledon debenture pass, a club class BA flight to Amsterdam, mobile phones, computer games and dozens of concert tickets.
Bitter Colley's ill-gotten booty was shipped to his parents house in Sompting, West Sussex under a false name and to another address in nearby Ifield.
He told police he was angry with AMEX after being forced to reluctantly reurn to the U.K. after spending a year in Australia when the company axed him in favour of a local, but managed to get a customer service job with the firm on his return.
Over the next four months - while employed to look after corporate travel accounts - he used confidential information to access client accounts and fraudulently buy goods over the internet.
A total of 14 accounts were used and a total of £86,199 went missing but only £67,731.85 could be traced to Colley who bought a five-year All England Club debenture ticket which he put up for auction on eBay.
Colley pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of trust and possession of articles for use in fraud.
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