Theresa Lawson

Theresa Rose Lawson (nee Emmett; 20 February 1951 – 2 June 2014 ) was an Australian convicted fraudster. She was a Woolworths payroll clerk and St Marys Band Club director, who stole more than A$2.7 million over a three-year period from 1999 to 2002. It is regarded as one of the largest fraud cases in New South Wales history. The money has never been recovered.

As a head office clerk, Lawson was in charge of the supermarket's cash float to cover staff wages, cash advances, and petty cash. at the St Marys Band Club, where she also served as a director, and a further A$160,000 on television shopping channel purchases, clothing, jewellery, a cruise, a car and other travel. Lawson had told staff she had received an inheritance, and also won a jackpot on the lottery. She was gaoled for seven years, with a non-parole period of four years, at Mulawa Correctional Centre (now known as Silverwater Women's Correctional Centre) and released in 2008.