Fraudster hailed as reformed convict caught stealing £307,000 after being handed top role by Labour's prison minister

Fraudster hailed as reformed convict caught stealing £307,000 after being handed top role by Labour's prison minister

A convicted fraudster stole £307,000 from the Prison Reform Trust over seven years while working as the charity's head of finance and human resources.Samantha O'Sullivan, 57, secretly stole from the charity despite her history of theft being well-known to the charity, which prides itself on offering "second chances".The mother-of-two pleaded guilty to the seven-year fraud on May 7 at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court.Her deception went unnoticed by t…