Ex-Aldersley High School vice-principal found guilty of fraud
A former vice-principal who claimed £6,500 for scarves she actually paid £2,200 for has been found guilty of fraud.
Daljit Kaur was raking in £62,000 a year as acting deputy head at Aldersley High School before she resigned.
The court heard how the 43-year-old invoiced the school for 1,000 scarves from India worth a total of £6,500 while secretly buying them for £4,500 from Wolverhampton company KK Wear.
She paid KK Wear £2,200, making her total gain £4,300. The company were unaware of her scam.
Dudley Magistrates Court heard Kaur offered to order the scarves because they would arrive quickly and asked the school to reimburse her the costs.
A fake receipt in Punjabi was provided and payment to her bank account was authorised.
But in June last year, Akbal Kainth, director of KK Wear emailed the school demanding cash for materials.
Kaur was hauled into a meeting with headteacher Nicola Davies, who told the court: "She said she wanted it all to go away."
Kaur was suspended after the June 11 meeting.
The court heard that she then got Mr Kainth to write a false email claiming he had made a mistake. But she was told she was still suspended. She then resigned.
Kaur, of Greenock Crescent, Lanesfield, denied the charge.
Kaur's sentencing is on June 3.
