‘Swindling secretary’ faces arrest

A secretary accused of swindling more than £85,000 from a wine cellar design company is facing arrest after she fled to the US. Carissa Edwards, 42, is accused of fraud by abuse of position while working as a finance and operations administrator at Cellar Maison Ltd. The American allegedly stole £85,945 between 1 November 2017 and 30 April 2018, Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court heard. Arfan Ahmed, prosecuting, said: ‘She is a US national. It is a fraud matter and she…