Former Lloyds worker jailed for £2.5m fraud

Jessica Harper admitted fraud by abuse of position and transferring criminal property defrauded from her employers. Between 2007 and 2011, she paid herself £2.5m through false and doctored invoices while working as head of fraud and security for digital banking at the company, the BBC reports. The 50-year-old South Croydon resident, who was earning £60,000 a year at the time, passed the proceeds to friends and her three brothers to invest in property. Judge Deborah Taylor told her: "You were a senior employee in the bank in a position with a high degree of trust at a time when Lloy...