Dundee bookies worker faces jail over Agen Casino Sbobet scam

thisbookwormreviews - A employee at a bookmakers who made himself over £40, 000 from a gaming scam is facing jail. 

Gavin Thomson, who helped Coral in Dundee and Forfar, found a glitch in the company's computer system that let bets be placed after events finished.

He gave friends money to enter into branches to place bank on events he knew the result of.

Thomson admitted the fraud which was performed over less than three months.

Dundee Sherriff Court heard he was making as much as £1, 000 per shift by running the scam, making an overall of £40, 300.

Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed told the court Thomson, who worked as a manager's assistant, learned the glitch in the summer of 2015 and he asked customers and friends to place bank on his behalf.

She said : " In January 2016 a local risk assessor with Coral performed an audit of payout made at the Forfar branch.

" It was discovered there was an issue with the computer system which allowed bets to be retrospectively placed for events that have passed, by changing the sport type when inputting the bank on to the system.

" The assessor discovered 64 bets placed after the events occurred that had been processed by the accused in Forfar. "

This loss at this branch was £17, 500.

The assessor also found 55 bets placed after the events had occurred in Dundee, processed by Thomson - a loss of £22, 800.

'Bad period'
In January 2016 Thomson was suspended by Coral and was later interviewed by police.

The court heard he‘d Agen Casino Sbobet problems which started when his daughter was born.

Ms Rasheed said : " He stated there was a glitch and he was undergoing a poor period of Agen Casino Sbobet and found it a simple way to obtain cash back.

" He said when he found the glitch he used it to his advantage.

" He said he involved customers and replied that it was to cover his tracks.

Thomson, 27, of Viewmount, Forfar, pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud committed between October 2015 and January 2016.

Defence solicitor Sarah Russo said the father-of-one was a " genuine first offender ".

Sheriff Alastair Carmichael deferred sentence until September for social work background reports and released Thomson on bail.