Trusted finance boss became online gambling addict

A finance manager who swindled more than £82,000 from his bosses to fund his online gambling is facing jail. David Philips (corr), 37, worked at a software firm called AlfaPeople where he was supposed to ‘safeguard’ the company’s monetary interests. But after starting with small bets, Philips started siphoning cash from his employer’s accounts to recoup his losses with online betting sites. He was caught out by a colleague at the AlfaPeople’s offices on King William Street, Central London, on…