In London, a doctor’s surgery manager stole around $106,000 because she was addicted to slot machines and internet bingo. The 36 year old did this by giving herself a raise, forged checks and scammed the office by paying off her debt. She got caught because the surgery’s bank manager raised an alarm when he found out the account has exceeded its $25,000 limit. If you look at the picture of this lady you would never guess she had this problem that she was hiding from everyone. It is so amazing to me to see the lengths that people go to, to aid their addiction. Now she is going to be in jail for this up to two years! Wow.  

There was a similar story in the news about a week ago.  I felt the same way, like how could this woman do this to everyone, especially her family.  She was such a compulsive gambler that she quit her job to gamble at home while her husband worked.  He was in an accident so he got his retirement.  She spend $700,000 of her husbands money, withdrawaling 25,000 at a time.  She borrowed from her daughter, would empty out her account, borrow from friends, any way she could get money.  Eventually, her health got really bad and she died of a massive heart attack.  Her husband,  who is paralyzed and her daughter who is in college, are finding out the full extent of her gambling problem.  She left her family $1.5 million in debt and they're left wondering everyday if its the day that the bank will take away everything.  Her daughter said she realizes that she never really knew her mom and her dad is absolutely heartbroken.  This story made me so sad.  It seems crazy how someone could do this to their family, leave them with no room to grief because they have so much debt because of her selfish addiction.

i have another story about this same thing. a woman who was working at a tile company stole around $235,000 to help with her gambling addiction. from 2001-05 she was in charge of bookkeeping and the accounts manager. she stole so much money the company had the file for bankruptcy and the 74 year old owner is completely broke, with no company. how messed up is that? small businesses like that cant afford to lose that much even if they are doing big jobs with a lot of money coming in.

Omgod these stories are crazy! I knew gambling addictions could get bad but I never ever thought they would be this bad and put themselves and families in that much debt and trouble. I thought after so much they finally realise their problem not keep going because this isn't like any other addiction, you can actually see the extent of your problem by seing how much money you have spent. But thats crazy!!

These are sad situations, but I just read another story like these. A guy was just freed from jail after 22 mo from stealing money from a bank to support his online poker addiction. He has to remain on probation until 2016 and isn't allowed in a casino until then. He stole around $3000 from the bank and for years to come will be paying for what he did. I bet this has forever changed his life.

I actually know a guy who stole money from his girlfriend, his parents, friends he has no one to turn to now because he betrayed them all. I'm sure none of them (except maybe his parents) would understand about his problem.

I wonder how this woman is going to pay back all of the money she owes?  I hear cases like this all of the time, even elderly people are caught stealing thousands of dollars.  If they have to go to jail for a number of years, and they're too old to work, then do they still have to pay the money back?  If they don't, if could mean a lot of money lost to these loan offices and banks.

If they're old and they get that much in debt I wonder what happens. Theres no way to pay it, wouldn't she just keep getting sued and keep having to spend jail time?

reef13 said:

i have another story about this same thing. a woman who was working at a tile company stole around $235,000 to help with her gambling addiction. from 2001-05 she was in charge of bookkeeping and the accounts manager. she stole so much money the company had the file for bankruptcy and the 74 year old owner is completely broke, with no company. how messed up is that? small businesses like that cant afford to lose that much even if they are doing big jobs with a lot of money coming in.

This is so sad! she didn't just ruin her life but this poor company owners life! I'm sure they probably had their hearts and souls put into this company! Thats how most owners are