Ramada hotel boss jailed after stealing £311,000
The general manager of a prestigious Birmingham hotel has been jailed after stealing £311,000 by exploiting a flaw in its accounting system. Crooked Hayley Barry spent cash swindled from the Ramada on luxuries including a “lavish” extension on her home and gym membership.
The mum-of-two’s dishonesty came to light when an employee blew the whistle on her scam at the Mailbox hotel.
Barry, 47, of Somerset Road, Walsall, had previously admitted fraud when she appeared at Birmingham Crown Court.
Recorder Anthony Warner jailed her for three years and four months and said: “You used your knowledge of a flaw in the system to take for yourself, over a six-year period, over £300,000. You did that on over 1,100 occasions by completing documentation which was entirely false to create cash refunds.