Woman defrauded her employer out of €220,000

A senior claims manager who defrauded her employer out of €220,000 over six years so she could pay off a spiralling drug debt has received a two and half year suspended sentence.

Naila Zaffer (aged 38) , who is originally from Halifax in Yorkshire but is now living in Tulfarris Village, Blessington, Co Wicklow, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 10 sample charges including forgery, using a false instrument and theft from IPB Insurance on dates between April 2007 and August 2012.