Mark Johann Insanally, 55, was involved in a multi-million pound production with the National Geographic channel and claimed the live sex payments were for “archive footage”.
Insanally, of Climsland House, Duchy Street, Waterloo, appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court and was sent to Inner London Crown Court for sentencing.
He pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by false representation, namely using the Ventureland company debit card between October 1, 2019 and November 30, last year for £108,137.86 worth of online sexual services.
Insanally has worked on ‘Banged up Abroad’ as well as Channel 5 productions ‘Make or Break’ ‘Eva Braun’ and ‘Cleopatra’ as well as BBC1’s ‘Surviving Disaster’ and ‘Sinking the Lusitania’ and More4’s ‘When Boris Met Dave’.
He was the Line Producer on 2016’s ‘Absolute Wild China’ with Bear Grylls, shooting in that country and the USA.
Production shoots have also taken him to Morocco, Colombia, Romania and other international locations.
Prosecutor Nahiedh Khan told the court: “Mr Insanally worked for Ventureland and was assisting in a documentary for National Geographic that had a budget running into the millions of pounds.
“It was millions of pounds over budget and this defendant had a company debit card that he used when he logged in to chat rooms to watch live sex shows.
“His addictions was to such and extent he spent over one hundred thousand pounds on that debit card and when asked about it by the company accountant he said it was for archive footage which employees in America were servicing.
“The payments were found to be fraudulent and the card was cancelled and the police called and there was an investigation by Barclays,” said Ms Khan.
On June 14 this year Insanally’s laptop was seized by the police, which showed he had used it to regularly visit the sex sites.
When interviewed Insanally initially protested his innocence, denying he used the card, but eventually admitted he had an addiction to viewing online sex.
His lawyer George Manu told the court: “This was not sophisticated. He admits he used the card and admits he has done wrong and is awaiting a referral for therapy for his addiction.
“He admits he has an addiction and is seeking help.”
Insanally has offered a £21,000 lump sum in compensation, plus £500 per month to his former employer.
Magistrate Adrienne West bailed Insanally to the crown court for sentencing on a day to be fixed, telling him: “We view this as a Category A offence because there is a position of trust and you have breached that and our sentencing powers are not sufficient.”
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