On the run, the City temp who used stolen £17,000 to see Europe
A dishonest City temp who stole more than £17,000 from an investment bank to fund luxury holidays with her boyfriend has gone on the run after being spared jail.
New Zealander Nicola Fielding used her position as a temporary secretary in JP Morgan's Italian sales team to exploit lax accounting methods and steal cash that was entrusted to her.
When caught, the 26-year-old admitted her crime, and tearfully pledged to repay some of the cash. She was given a suspended jail sentence and ordered to carry out unpaid community work.
But after attending just one induction meeting with the Probation Service and before carrying out any unpaid work, Fielding jetted off with her lover and her ill-gotten gains.
And the authorities admitted there is little chance fraudster Fielding will ever be caught and brought to book despite an unconditional warrant for her arrest for breaching her suspended sentence that was issued at the Old Bailey today.
This means even if Fielding, whose visa has expired, comes back to the UK and is caught she would be released on unconditional bail until her court appearance in June.
The JP Morgan bankers were given 500 Euros in cash for petty expenses and their unspent money would be returned to Fielding and recycled to fund further trips.
But the dark-haired woman, who was paid £400 a week during the nine months that she worked for the firm, took the left over cash to a Bureau de Change and topped up her own bank accounts every two weeks .
She then used the money to fund trips abroad for herself and her boyfriend, jetting off to New York, Turkey, Scotland, Ireland, Holland and other short European breaks and pay off credit card debts.
But the bank, realising the money had gone missing, began an investigation and when the finger of suspicion fell on her, she confessed.
The unconditional warrant calls for Fielding to attend the Old Bailey on June 2. But, outside the court, sources said there was little chance the fraudster would be caught, even if she came back to the UK to catch a flight home.
