Despite this bombshell, Makatek decided against firing her.
Mr Bennett said: “When her previous criminal convictions came to light, her employers gave her something of a second chance and she continued working for them.”
Soon up to her old tricks again, she repaid their faith by stealing more than £5,000 over a four-month period between January and April 2020.
She would create false invoices and pay company money into her own bank account.
Ricketts, of Five Houses, Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, pleaded guilty to theft.
Mr Bennett told Cardiff Crown Court she was caught out after being furloughed because of coronavirus.
A colleague who took over her duties soon spotted what she had been up to.