Claire Walsh, 39, a former assistant treasury manager for the Premier League football club, is now facing a potential prison sentence over fraud allegations.
She admitted at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday to committing fraud by abusing her position between June 8, 2019, and October 23, 2023.
Magistrate Kieran O'Donnell told Walsh: “You've been charged with an offence of fraud which exceeds £200,000 against Chelsea Football Club.
“You've pleaded guilty to the offence and it exceeds our powers in terms of sentencing.
“You'll need to be sent to a crown court for sentencing, where they have the appropriate powers.
A court clerk told Walsh that she was accused of committing “fraud in that, while occupying a position, namely assistant treasury manager, in which you were expected to safeguard, or not to act against, the financial interests of Chelsea Football Club, you dishonestly abused that position intending thereby to make a gain, namely obtaining the sum of £208,521.65, for yourself.”