Tuesday 10 August 2010

Social services boss spent £5,000 in sex shop after plundering bank accounts of his patients

A social services manager spent £5,000 in a sex shop after stealing from the bank accounts of people in his care.

Edward Leavy stole about £94,000 from seven people in his care while working as a senior manager with Manchester council's physical disabilities team.

He was in charge of three accommodation complexes for people with special needs - but used his position to steal bank cards, PIN numbers and cash.

Leavy spent thousands in the sex shop - where staff nicknamed him the 'Golden Root Man' after the large quantities of the 'herbal Viagra' that he bought there.

It is thought his bulk buying at the Private Shop on Oldham Street in Manchester city centre was a money laundering operation, with the sex-enhancing product then being sold on.

Other people are believed to have been involved in the scam, although nobody else was arrested.

1 comment:

  1. Just another case of people with poor judgment in positions of too much power. It's disturbing how he was able to take advantage of those with special needs and for something so ridiculous.

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