A "TikTok addiction" led a mum-of-two to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from her employer.

Katherine Greenall cried in the dock as she was sentenced for the fraud, which saw her abusing her trusted position at the company to steal £443,523.26 over some 121 illicit transactions. Between February 2024 and April 2025 some £301,162.55 of this was spent on "TikTok tokens" which can be sent to creators on the app, with Greenall also splashing out on holidays, and even a family solicitor.

The mum-of-two of of Gloucester Street, St Helens had started working a the St Helens-based New Reg Ltd as a customer services manager in April 2021 before being promoted to accounts manager in December 2022, a position which gave her access to company accounts, the Liverpool ECHO reports .

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