A senior Ministry of Justice civil servant is starting a three-and-a-half year prison sentence for defrauding taxpayers of £1.7m to fund his luxury lifestyle.
Allan Huw Williams, 37, was a manager in the MoJ's financial and control sector.
He diverted payments from the department to a fictitious company he controlled.
He was exposed when a fellow employee became suspicious about money transfers.
Williams, a Grade Seven civil servant, who was paid £50,000-£60,000 a year treated himself to a five-bedroom manor house siting in 1.1 acres of Hampshire countryside and Audi SQ5 and Audi A3.
Now living in Ravens Clough, Heath Mill Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey he pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position between August 3, 2017 and July 5, last year and transferring £1,738,000 in criminal property.
Southwark Crown Court heard Williams created a £7m purchase order for a bogus 'IT services contract' from a company he created – 'Sopra Business Consulting' – and set up a monthly payment.
When he was caught Williams had already transferred £1.4m from the fake company's account to his own and the firm had £400,000 in the bank.
Judge Joanna Korner QC told him: You conceived of this plan to make yourself richer. It was both sophisticated and greedy.”
The MoJ has recovered £900,000 and is pursuing the remainder.
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