Tracey Starenczak

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Tracey Starenczak, a solicitor's clerk employed as cashier/book-keeper, was convicted at Guildford Crown Court of theft, procuring execution of a valuable security by deception, false accounting and making a false instrument, involving misuse of £177,231.93 of clients' funds, and sentenced to 30 months imprisonment. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated, made a Section 43(2) order controlling her future employment in the profession, and ordered her to pay costs of £815.07.

Duties found breached:

• Proper basis for allegations

Aggravating factors:

• Misuse of clients' funds totalling £177,231.93, all attributable to the respondent
• Serious breach of trust vested in her by her employers
• Forgery
• Sentenced to 30 months imprisonment