A postmistress who embezzled over £100,000 from the Post Office and a community group has been ordered to repay the money. Carol Oswald, 53, is serving a 40-month jail sentence after admitting to embezzling more than £110,000 over five years to fund a gambling habit.
Sheriff Lindsay Foulis ordered the confiscation of £100,000 that Oswald made from the proceeds of crime. She was ordered to pay £89,573 to the Post Office, £8,059 to the executors of Jean Johnston's estate, and £2,367 to Letham Climate Challenge.
Oswald embezzled over £8,000 from 81-year-old Jean Johnston, who trusted her to run the Post Office. She also admitted embezzling £2,367 from Letham Climate Challenge while serving as a trustee of the charity. Oswald had been asked to set up a bank account for the charity but failed to do so, and kept tax payments she was due to make on its sole employee's behalf.
