'I get to look good by spending Halesowen's money': Senior manager at a Black Country NHS trust joked about spending public money before being jailed
A senior manager at a Black Country NHS trust joked about spending public money as he planned a scheme which would see him and others benefit.
Even before Alex Gandy colluded with ex wife Kaylee Wright with who he had two children and friend Matthew Lane to swindle Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust (ICB) of over £123,000, between August 2022 and December 2023, he was planning his scheme.
Gandy, a senior operational manager at the trust, was responsible for temporary workers and suppliers and was able to sanction payments to contractors when he cooked up the scheme from which he, Wright and Lane benefited
E-mails read out to Wolverhampton Crown Court dated January 10 2022 from Gandy to an unnamed person he tried to recruit were jokey in nature and told him how much the two could expect to earn.
One said: "So effectively you could be earning an extra £380 a week for not actually doing anymore ha-ha and I will be getting £190 a week and I get to spend more of Halesowen's money which makes me look good."
The recipient replied: "I know that would be amazing and a dream lol but I am about to become a dad and don't fancy doing it from prison."
But Gandy eventually went through with the scheme along with Wright and Lane, who he told the trust were working as a physicians assistant and part time paramedic respectively.
