Farah Ahmed, 48, of Slough, pleaded guilty to seven of the 11 offences she was charged with and was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court to three years in prison. The charges included fraud by abuse of position and perverting the course of justice.

During the course of her employment across two different companies, Ahmed falsified invoices and transferred funds from her employers to her own bank account, a debt recovery company and a solicitors’ firm for a total of more than £100,000.

Ahmed was employed by a consultancy specialising in market research for the automotive sector as well as a property and construction company where she held different roles in their human resources (HR) departments.