Rugby WA IT manager spared jail for fraud
Tim Clarke
November 7, 2014, 11:46 am
The former IT manager of RugbyWA has been spared immediate prison, despite admitting to frauds totalling more than $50,000 including some involving his former employer.
Benjamin Dollery, 25, told the Perth District Court he had wanted to pay for the "perfect wedding" for his fiancée, and began using his computer knowledge to access the RugbyWA invoicing system to obtain property which he then sold for cash.
He also sold his company car for $20,000 via Gumtree in what Judge Gillian Braddock described as a "colossal breach of trust on many levels".
Dollery wept in the dock of Perth District Court today as Judge Braddock said she would suspend an 18 month prison term for two years, while ordering him to repay RugbyWA, a finance company, an insurance company and the person who bought the car.
She said the frauds, which were carried out last year, totalled more than $52,000, were totally out of character and appeared to be motivated by the pressures of Dollery's impending nuptials, the fact his fiancée was pregnant and an urge to provide the "perfect wedding".
"You seemed to think this was too easy ... But now the reckoning comes," Judge Braddock said.
Dollery said nothing as he left court.
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