Scoundrel Truganina mum Anna Acevska jailed for $1.5 million Williamstown Crane Hire theft

A Truganina mum splurged big dough she ripped from her boss on luxury goods including a Merc, a Rolex and a swag of designer accessories.

Anna Acevska pleaded guilty to theft. Facebook.

A scoundrel mum who stole almost $1.5 million from her former employer which she splurged on luxury goods and gambling has been jailed.

Anna Acevska, 50, was sentenced in the County Court on Friday to a minimum 15 months’ jail after pleading guilty to a rolled-up charge of theft.

Acevska rorted $1,432,301 from her ex-boss Williamstown Crane Hire via 243 bogus transactions between November 2018 and March last year.

The Truganina mother of two used her $1100 a week office manager role to diddle invoices and funnel dough into bank accounts controlled by her and her two sons.

Acevska’s skulduggery was unravelled in March last year while the fraudster was on leave.

Williamstown Crane Hire staff questioned Acevska on her return but the scoundrel left the meeting after becoming “extremely light-headed”.

Acevska continually blocked her ex-boss‘ efforts to make contact with excuses that she was “too ill” or was “moving house”.

The matter was referred to police who raided Acevska’s Woolshed Drive home on September 1 last year.

Investigators seized a swag of expensive luxury goods Acevska purchased with her ill-gotten gains including a black Mercedes AMG hatch, a Rolex watch and an Apple laptop.

Police also seized a booty of designer brand clothing and accessories including Versace and Gucci Handbags, Louis Vuitton, Versace, Giuseppe Zanotti, Christian Louboutin and Valentino Garavani shoes, a Moncler puffer jacket, a Louis Vuitton blazer and a Dolce & Gabbana hoodie.

Acevska told police she stole the money because she “just needed”.

“It was totally wrong but I was able to go in … and change the bank accounts of various suppliers … I had a few accounts of my own … and stupidly used my sons’ accounts,” Acevska said.

“I told my sons they were payments of my superannuation … you get to the point where something becomes a little bit too easy …

“I’ve had a really difficult life and it’s no excuse … divorced 12 years ago and looking after two kids, really hard just to survive and I always struggle with funds all the time … I had no financial support from my ex-husband.

“He made my life hell … I just thought I needed to stop this … it became too easy … I felt sick … my kids are everything to me … and I feel I have betrayed them, and not only them, but even my work.

“I’ve just failed everybody … I’m just really remorseful … I was too much of a coward to admit it.”

Acevska also told police she “bet a lot” and went to the pokies “probably four times a week”.

The court heard a jail term for Acevska, now unemployed, would be a “burden” for her eldest son who would have to care for his younger autistic brother.

Acevska, who appeared via virtual link, suffered heart problems and also required surgery for a degenerative eye condition.

Sentencing was pushed back so Acevska could have the procedure but her lawyer submitted his client could “go blind” in jail.

Judge Anne Hassan said the offending was “extremely serious” and a “grave breach of trust”.

Acevska was jailed for a maximum two years and three months.

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