Two Devon Vodafone workers are facing jail after a nationwide operation into missing stock led to their arrests.
Steven Bolton was a store manager and Qasim Ulhaq a senior sales adviser in their mobile giants store in Exeter, Devon.
Bolton, 33, admitted stealing 30 phones worth £9,940 from his own Exeter branch and three more from Plymouth worth £1,245 between July and November last year.
Ulhaq, 28, admitted stealing seven phones worth £2,236 from Exeter between May and November last year.
Prosecutor Sonia Croft said Bolton, of Ganna Park Road, Plymouth, Devon, was a store manager and Ulhaq, of Holly Park Drive, Plymouth, a senior sales advisor and both had a 'high degree of trust' placed in them.
She said Vodafone launched a nationwide investigation into missing stock and this pair were found to be stealing them and then selling them on a mobile phone website.
The pair were bailed and will be sentenced in Exeter Crown Court in January
