Fraudster must pay £9,500 or face jail
Greedy Claire Twist helped herself to around £65,000 funds from her Chorley-based employers.
In November 2016 the 39-year-old, from Butts Green, Warrington, was given two years in prison suspended for two years after admitting two counts of fraud by abusing her position.
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Hide AdA financial investigation by Lancashire Police afterwards found she had £9,500 of realisable assets the authorities could seize.
A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing before Preston Crown Court was told it included two cars worth £4,840 and £3,195.
Prosecuting, Lisa Worsley, said the amount also included the car’s personal registration plates worth £625 and £465.
Twist was deemed medically unfit to attend the hearing after providing a sick note to the court.
The defendant had worked as Head of Business for Care-fully Trained Limited in Euxton, who provide training for people working in the caring profession.