Accounts Clerk Jailed for Fraud at Global Port and Logistics Firm

Wednesday 5th August, 2026

An accounts clerk has been jailed for two years and eight months at Southampton Crown Court for stealing over £300,000 from DP World, the multinational port and logistics giant.

An investigation was launched after DP World in Southampton reported a financial loss of £322,347.74, covering the period of July 2023 to November 2023.

The company identified 13 fraudulent transactions of invoices and payments made from the company account to third party bank accounts, and suspected that he had made these while working in the accounts department.

Following further enquiries by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Economic Crime Unit, a business account which had received these transactions was identified as belonging to him, and he was arrested at Manchester Airport on 7 May 2025.

Just 10 months before being arrested for the theft, ACCA struck him off from its student register in July 2024 after finding that he had dishonestly submitted falsified documents about his exam results to a previous employer and training provider in 2021.

PC Mathew King from the Economic Crime Unit said, “Fon deliberately and intentionally stole money from his employer over several months, making attempts to cover his tracks in the hopes that he would not be caught out.”

“Fraud can have a devastating impact on a business and its employees, who often rely on the business for their livelihood. It is not a victimless crime.”