That led to a more thorough investigation. By the time it was over in 2019, BLM discovered that he had stolen over \u00a3437,500 (US$545,168) over the course of his career. Some of that money, \u00a3185,000 (US$203,621), went to an associate. Logically, the company fired Young, launching a criminal case that led to the arrest of him and his associate.<\/p>\n
Young, at one point, attempted to repay some of the money to his employer. He sold property that allowed him to return \u00a330,000 (US$37,374), only a small portion of what he stole.<\/p>\n
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When Young appeared in court, his lawyer attempted to use the sympathy card. He asserted that his client suffered from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), that he was no longer gambling and that he was receiving treatment for his gambling addiction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
That sympathy card was trumped by Judge Timothy Smith, who presided over the case. He rejected the claims, countering that Young had not suffered any “life-threatening event that’s a prerequisite” for a PTSD diagnosis.<\/p>\n
The wayward paralegal wittingly took advantage of the flawed Blue Prism system, which didn’t require approval for payments. Prosecutors highlighted this during the trial, emphasizing that Young’s actions constituted an extreme dereliction of duty and violation of employer trust.<\/p>\n
There were other compounding circumstances that exacerbated the final outcome for Young. During the trial, it was discovered that, prior to working at BLM, he worked for another law firm, Pro-Law. However, he neglected to mention this when applying for a job with BLM.<\/strong><\/p>\nAt Pro-Law, there exists the possibility that Young may have performed similar illicit actions. While prosecutors didn’t specify what had happened, they asserted that BLM would have likely never hired him if they knew about his time at Pro-Law, since a background check would have highlighted a possibly disturbing past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A 38-year-old father of two from the UK is leaving his children to go to prison. He siphoned over \u00a3438,000 (US$545,397) from the law firm where he worked as a paralegal to feed his gambling habit, and will now pay the price. Paul Young had a steady job with the Berrymans Lace Mawer (BLM) law […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":213911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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