Aiden Jack: Former Club Jervis Bay accountant who stole $200k jailed
A chronic Sportsbet gambler stole $200,000 from a south coast club, while also stealing funds from a charity organisation on the side.
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A disgraced accountant regularly dipped into cash kept in the safe at Clubs Jervis Bay to top up his own bank account or place it directly into his multiple gambling accounts, a court heard.
Aiden Jack admitted to then falsifying spreadsheets to manipulate the earnings reports generated from the poker machines, keno and TAB to conceal his crimes, that took place on several occasions.
Club Jervis Bay noticed discrepancies in its books, and ordered an audit earlier this year.
Jack was discovered to have stolen $206,000 from the community club over multiple transactions between April 2018 and August 2019.
On a separate occasion he stole $611 from the Nowra Youth Centre, where he was a volunteer book keeper at the charity organisation.
The 30-year-old fronted court for sentencing on two counts of dishonestly obtain financial advantage through deception in Nowra Local Court.
Jack’s lawyer told the court he has a diagnosed gambler disorder, and provide a document detailing the extent of his betting habits, including placing bets of three separate NFL clubs in one day.
The court heard Jack has attempted to begin repaying the money he took from Club Jervis Bay, and has been putting $100 away each week.
Magistrate Gabriel Fleming said Jack ‘grossly breached his position of trust’ and his crimes ‘took a high degree of planning.
“It’s an absolute disgrace to steal from a small organisation for gambling,” Magistrate Fleming said.
Jack was sentenced to 13 months in jail with a non- parole period of six months.
He was placed into a 18 month Community Corrections Order for stealing from the Nowra Youth Centre.