A man embezzled £6,000 from an Aberdeen hotel while employed as nightshift manager.
Vancelot Varden took the money between June 5 and June 25 2016 while he was a manager at the Hilton Treetops Hotel on Springfield Road, Aberdeen.
The 32-year-old, whose address was given as Newport Road in Cardiff, confessed when he was confronted by a colleague after the discrepancies in the firm’s accounts came to light and claimed he had taken the money due to a gambling addiction.
He pled guilty to embezzling £6,000 from the hotel.
Sheriff Ian Wallace told Varden: “This is going to be continued for the preparation of a criminal justice social work report and for you to make repayment of the sums embezzled.”
He deferred sentence until December.
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Fiscal depute Lixia Sun told Aberdeen Sheriff Court: “On July 1 2016 a deputy manager was made aware by the banking department of a discrepancy totalling £6,000. An audit was carried out.
“One of the duties of the nightshift manager is banking the money.”
Ms Sun said, following an investigation, a deputy manager approached Varden about it.
She said: “The accused admitted taking the money and had done so due to an addiction to gambling.”
Varden was then suspended and the matter reported to police.
Defence agent Alex Burn said the gambling addiction was part of the problem and that his client was going to sell his motorcycle to help pay the money back.
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