Woman who stole $940k from employer left gambling app on auto while she slept
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Woman left gambling app on auto while she slept. She stole $940,000 from her employer to fund her addiction to an online gambling game.
Rachel Naomi Perri, 49, stole $940,221 from her employer, the Tasmanian Veterinary Hospital, while working as an account manager between 2016 and 2019. She was made redundant in 2019 and was arrested in November 2019 by police. Peri confessed to stealing the money by using the Heart of Vegas app. In 2015, she also took out a $30,000 credit card in her husband's name without his knowledge. She is charged with 25 counts of computer-related fraud and one count of fraud. The court heard she was in a "own little world" when playing the app and didn't realise she had stolen the cash.
Rachel Naomi Perri stole $940,000 from her employer and accumulated $24,00 on a fraudulent credit card. Peri left the Heart of Vegas gambling app on auto while she slept.
Perri was convicted of stealing $7,000 from her employer in the 90s. She moved to Hobart for a fresh start but returned to gambling in 2008-09. In 2014, she discovered Heart of Vegas and got addicted. Perri has a gambling disorder. Mr Barns said Peri will need therapy once in prison. The veterinary services has instituted civil proceedings to try to recover the money. Perr will not be able to pay back her former employer. Ms Wilson said it was planned, calculated systematic conduct. It was consistent with accounting techniques. Her client employed multiple accounting tricks.
