Manager lied about having cancer and stole £500,000

An admin manager who stole more than £500,000 (€597,520) from his firm to fund his gambling addiction and help an ailing football club was jailed for three years today.

Dean Fisher (aged 36) who was chairman of Croydon Athletic Football Club, embarked on an elaborate scheme to steal money from his employer TCS Media in a bid to keep his treasured club in business.