Chelsea's former assistant treasury manager has pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to committing a fraud worth over £200,000 against the Premier League club

A Chelsea employee has admitted abusing her position to defraud the club out of more than £200,000.

Claire Walsh, 39, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday to a charge of fraud by abuse of position between June 8 2019 and October 23 2023.

Walsh, who worked as an assistant treasury manager at the Premier League football club, admitted dishonestly abusing her position to obtain £208,521.65 for herself. Asked what plea she would enter, Walsh, of Elm Park Gardens, which is less than half a mile from Stamford Bridge, said “guilty”.

Magistrate Kieran O’Donnell told Walsh: “You’ve been charged with an

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