Star of The Traitors UK Maia Gouveia was reportedly caught using a company credit card after she was sacked from her job for not showing up for work.
The 25 year old, who is currently competing on the third series of the BBC game show, worked for gifting company Bubblegum Stuff as their social media manager in 2024. However, she was reportedly fired after three months of securing the job for going AWOL on holiday in Trinidad.
The Traitors UK star reported to the police
While still employed by the company, Maia, who signed up to The Traitors UK with her sister Armani, allegedly didn’t notify her bosses of her holiday in Trinidad in February 2024. As a result, her contract was terminated.
Six months later, she reportedly used the company’s credit card without permission to make several purchases for herself. She was able to do so after saving the details to her personal Apple Pay account.
Once the company was made aware, the credit card was blocked and the payments were reported to the police. Maia insisted the payments were made by accident and not intentionally.
“Maia is deeply regretful for the mistakes she made during her employment with Bubblegum Stuff and her actions afterwards,” a source closed to her alleged to the MailOnline.
“She was going through a tough time as a new mother and wishes she behaved differently.”
They continued: “Maia’s father visited the Bubblegum Stuff offices to make amends after the credit incident was exposed and they decided against taking the matter any further.”
ED! contacted the BBC, who said the corporation had “no comment to this”.
Maia pregnant with baby number two
Before debuting on The Traitors UK, Maia revealed that she was pregnant with her second child.
In an Instagram reel reflecting on her year, she wrote: “
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