A finance expert, who funded a lavish lifestyle with over £2.5m he stole from bookmaker giants Ladbrokes while working at the company’s HQ, has been jailed for five years.
Financial advisor Aren De Vos, 43, (pictured) of Howards Wood Drive, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire created a bogus company and made multiple electronic transfers to its account.
De Vos pleaded guilty at Harrow Crown Court to ten theft counts at his employer’s head office in Rayners Lane, Harrow, North-West London between 2000 and 2010.
An internal probe revealed the defendant made 64 electronic cheque requisitions into Impact Sports Ltd. totalling £2,546,223.16 and was arrested at home on November 11 last year, two days after Ladbrokes reported him to police.
Acting Detective Sergeant Andy Simpson of Harrow CID said: “This investigation was conducted with the assistance of Ladbrokes.
“Research over the previous ten years revealed that De Vos had successfully stolen money totalling over two-and-a-half million, which enabled him to live a lavish lifestyle.
“This was a serious crime conducted in a calculating way and the judge indicated that the sentence of five years would have been longer if De Vos had not been of previous good character.”
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