Mark Fraser Edgar

As a registered Hearing Aid Dispenser (HAD00451) your fitness to practise is impaired by reason of your misconduct, in that:

1. Between 2008 and 2021 during the course of your employment with Edgware Road Specsavers Hearcare Limited (ERSHL):

a. Between 2016 and 2021, you submitted one or more duplicated claims;

b. Between 2008 and 2021, you claimed reimbursement for expenses in relation to vouchers purchased for personal use;

c. Between 2014 and 2021, you claimed reimbursement for expenses in relation to mobile phone accounts for persons not employed with ERSHL, specifically:

i. Person F;
ii. Person G;
iii. Person H;
iv. Person I.

d. Between 2014 and 2021 you claimed reimbursement for your personal expenses from ERSHL, including:

i. Taxi fares;
ii. Tyres;
iii. Parking;
iv. Hotels;
v. Meals.

2. Your claims were incorrect in respect of your categorisation and/or description of one or more of your expenses in Particular 1b:

a. Categorised them as PAYE Settlement Agreements rather than P11D claims;

b. described one or more of your expenses as staff incentives or similar variations.

3. On or around 24 December 2019, you incorrectly named an expense, “Employee secret Santa present” or words to that effect.

4. Your actions at any or all of Particulars 1 – 3 were dishonest in that you knew that the information that you provided was inappropriate and/ or misleading.

5. The matters in Particulars 1 – 4 amount to misconduct.

6. By means of your misconduct your fitness to practise is impaired.