{"id":3240,"date":"2019-09-16T13:19:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T13:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kiwicasinos.io\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2020-12-03T13:18:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T13:18:49","slug":"petrol-station-supervisor-steals-to-fund-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kiwicasinos.io\/petrol-station-supervisor-steals-to-fund-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol Station Supervisor Steals NZ$60K to Fund Gambling Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petrol station supervisor Brett Laurence Rudman has been caught stealing from stations he supervised to fund his gambling addiction. Rudman, from Wellington, collectively stole more than $60,000 from petrol stations.\u00a0 The 29-year-old stole cash from BP Karori and BP Newlands, tobacco stock, and Motor Trade Association (MTA) vouchers. All totalling $60,000. His stealing spree went on for five weeks last year.<\/p>\n

Rudman has been working for BP for about six years. He used to run the day-to-day administration of the two BPs.<\/p>\n\"petrol\n

In November 2018, a manager at the BP Karori noticed that some money had not been deposited. Subsequently, later audits reveal that NZ$1300 worth of MTA vouchers weren\u2019t reimbursed. Furthermore, $2668 worth of tobacco was missing from the site. All in all, a total of $10,975 in cash deposits from BP Karori and $49,552 from BP Newlands were missing.<\/p>\n

Petrol Station Supervisor Breached Trust<\/h2>\n

During his trial at the Wellington District Court on Monday, 16 September, Judge Peter Hobbs said it was obvious that Rudman\u2019s gambling addiction played a role in his offense. \u201cIt was also exacerbated by your feelings of financial stress following you becoming aware that you were going to become a father,\u201d he said. The presiding judge further said that Rudman breached trust between employer and employee. \u201cYou were an employee and held a significant amount of responsibility and by stealing from your employer, you have breached that trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the trial\u2019s victim impact statement section, a former employer of Rudman, Rodney Earnshaw, said what he did to the company was \u201cfar-reaching\u201d and \u201cdistressing\u201d. \u201cEveryone is now on edge and on the lookout for possible discrepancies, delays, and excuses,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is extremely difficult to impose and monitor perfect regimes to prevent such fraud \u2013 but nearly impossible when the fraud is committed by the gate keeper.\u201d<\/p>\n

The companies have now had to install security cameras in all the offices. However, the administrative staff isn\u2019t happy about that, saying they feel \u201cspied on\u201d.<\/p>\n

Rudman plead guilty to the offenses. He\u00a0is serving to home detention and has to pay back NZ$13,000 in reparation.<\/p>\n

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