article_snippet: Prosecutor Jane Davies said: 'Steven Jones, the company director, made inquiries about the balances in five of Richard Worth accounts because it was believed the balances in five of the company were not as the balances in five of the company should have been.'
article_snippet: Reading Crown Court heard he had altered the figures on at least two of the accounts to an inflated sum to make at least two of the accounts look higher than at least two of the accounts were.
article_snippet: he was confronted by staff and admitted taking £1.9 million over a four and a half year period, from July 2008 to January 2013, and spent more than £630,000 on gambling.
article_snippet: Credit card bills showed payments exceeding £4,000 a month and some of the cash was spent on hotels.
article_snippet: The total sum is £1,981,936 and this is as bad a case as one could imagine.
article_snippet: It is quite clear the money went on gambling. '
highlights_snippet: Most of the cash was used to fund an internet gambling habit, court heard .
  