€870,000 Theft Highlights In-House Payroll Vulnerabilities

Jailing of Payroll worker for stealing €870,000 highlights in-house payroll vulnerabilities

Payroll security has once again leapt to the forefront of stakeholder consciousness  following the sentencing of a payroll worker for stealing €870,000 from Virgin Media TV.

Kellie Walton, a former Virgin Media employee pleaded guilty to 10 counts of theft from the station, amounting to €870,500 and has been sentenced to four years in prison. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Walton had been employed as a payroll administrator with Virgin Media TV and began stealing money from the company in 2009.

Judge Melanie Greally remarked that Walton had acquired a position of “very considerable responsibility” and had gained almost exclusive access to the payroll system. From this position she had used “a degree of deception and sophistication” to conceal her activities over a long period of time.

Both the scale of the crime and its’ considerable duration have alarmed employers and many are reconsidering their current in-house payroll processes. As Ireland’s most secure payroll provider Paycheck Plus provides an unrivalled level of risk and quality management for our clients. Accuracy and regulatory compliance have long been at the forefront of our organisation, and our service’s ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems), ISO 27001 (Information Security Standards) and ISO 27701 (Security Techniques) accreditations in addition to our ISAE 3402 standard provide demonstrable proof of our payroll service’s commitment to quality and security.

For more on our security standards and alternatives to in-house payroll processing read:

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