"Peter Twydell" wrote
| Something similar happened at a company I once worked at
| (before I worked there). Woman in the accounts department
| opened a bank account with the same name as that of the
| company and paid several cheques in before she was caught.
| Probably not all that uncommon a trick.

I expect BT get lots of cheques payable to "BT " without the space
ruled through, which makes them very vulnerable to minor amendment and
paying into an account in the name of B Timms or whatever.

Owain