A senior worker at Lloyds Banking Group has been jailed for five years after defrauding the company of more than £2 million. Jessica Harper – whose job description included fighting fraud – used her position to pay herself extra cash, which she then gave to friends and family. She insisted she never personally benefited from the fraud, which took place over four years. The crimes occurred during the credit crunch when Lloyds was bailed out by substantial amounts of taxpayers’ money.