A woman stole more than £22,000 from a company who provide eye care to vulnerable people.
Louise Creighton embezzled the cash from Visioncall Limited in Cambuslang while working as part of a sales team. The 41-year-old from Bellshill created bogus refunds and transferred the cash to her own bank account.
She also sent invoices to care homes or families of patients with bank details amended to her own.
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Creighton was snared after concerns by a care home were raised about the bank details provided, sparking an internal investigation.
She pled guilty today at Glasgow Sheriff Court to a single charge of embezzling £22,768.10.
The court heard Creighton joined the company which provides vulnerable residents of care homes with eye examinations and recommendations for glasses in 2013.
Creighton rose through the company before becoming a member of the private sales team in March 2016.
Prosecutor Hannah Terrance said: "In November 2016, she began refunding various amounts of money onto different bank cards with a total of 22 transactions occurring - the last being in October 2017.
"Creighton created false refund reports and processed them through the company credit card machine.
"She marked the documents with reasons such as 'customer deceased' and 'order cancelled by family'.
"Creighton sent invoices to either a care home or family member of a patient and amended the bank details to be credited to her own account rather than the company's account."
In October 2017, a witness from a care home in Dorset reported "concerns" to Visioncall regarding the bank account details listed on an invoice.
The company were able to find that the details given were the same as the one Creighton used for her wages.
Creighton was suspended following a meeting with company heads before she tendered her resignation.
A company audit uncovered 125 invoices with a total company loss of £22,768.10.
The money has not been recovered.
Sentence was deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Barry Divers.
Creighton had her bail continued meantime.
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