Betrayed from within: Thieving managers cost business $500k, forced it to slash jobs

Key points

• Three people who defrauded a Canberra business of about $500,000 have been sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court. Ricky John Byrne, Steven Quilter and Lisa Quilter were convicted over years of fraud against POPES Electrical & Data Supplies.
• The court heard the business closed two stores and cut its workforce in half. Gambling and drug addiction were among the motives, the court heard.
• All three were given intensive corrections orders, and reparations were ordered to be paid to the business.