Sage Employee Detained On Suspicion Of Defrauding Company

A Sage Group employee was arrested in London on Wednesday (Aug. 17) on suspicion that she conspired to defraud the software company located in the U.K.

According to a report, which cited a police statement, the 32 year-old female was arrested and subsequently released on bail in connection with a purported fraud against Sage. Earlier in the week, Sage, which is one of the U.K.’s largest technology companies, said an internal login was used to get unauthorized access to employee data of around 280 customers in the U.K. A source with the company said it is working to determine if data was stolen or compromised. Sage said it is cooperating with authorities but declined to comment on the arrest. The employee was at Heathrow Airport when she was stopped.

While a lot is made of hacks against companies and individuals by networks of bad guys, usually overseas, a lot of the compromises within companies come from their employees, who are either disgruntled, looking to make extra money or both. In March, a Toys”R”Us employee at a Brooklyn store was charged with the theft of almost $1.9 million through a debit card scheme. The worker in question, Daniel Chon, worked as the director of inbound and outbound transportation for the store, and federal prosecutors are alleging that he used his position and access to the company’s internal expense system to withdraw funds. The result of increased fraud on the part of employees has forced companies to be more aware and embrace new tactics to discourage other workers from doing the same. Bloomberg reported in early March that Amazon started a program of publicly shaming fired employees by showing blurred video clips of their crimes to deter current workers.