{"id":92717,"date":"2026-08-09T10:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=92717"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:38:06","slug":"council-worker-who-stole-70000-of-taxpayers-money-to-pay-off-kenyan-scammers-avoids-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/08\/09\/council-worker-who-stole-70000-of-taxpayers-money-to-pay-off-kenyan-scammers-avoids-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Council worker who stole \u00a370,000 of taxpayers&#8217; money to pay off Kenyan scammers avoids jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA29HAXx.img?w=634&h=817&m=6\" alt=\"Amirum Begum, 49, worked in the council's housing office accountancy department, where she stole more than \u00a370,000 of taxpayers' money\u00a0\" width=\"556\" height=\"716\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A council worker who stole more than \u00a370,000 of taxpayers\u2019 money to pay off Kenyan scammers has been spared jail.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/money\/general\/council-worker-who-stole-70-000-of-taxpayers-money-to-pay-off-kenyan-scammers-avoids-jail\/ar-AA29Hh0L?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=7afa64bc433b49189b522eddfb46e8d8&ei=12\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>A council worker who stole more than \u00a370,000 of taxpayers\u2019 money to pay off Kenyan scammers has been spared jail.\u00a0 Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Amirum-Begum.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92719,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92717\/revisions\/92719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}