Monthly Archives: June 2018

The Construction News website reports that a man with a history of defrauding construction companies has been given a six-year sentence after taking more than £100,000.

Paul Parmar was found guilty of six counts of fraud, three of which related to him defrauding Bondsbury, a London-based contractor working on high-end residential projects.

According to iNews, new graduates are being urged not to share images of their degree certificates on social media, as they could be used to fuel the million pound fake degree trade.

In a survey of students about to graduate, it was found that 69% were planned to post pictures of their official certificates online.

As reported on The Courier website, a former insurance agent admitted to embezzling almost £100,000 to fund his gambling habit.

Aaron Williams, an employee of Aviva, gave fake refunds to customers between 2012 and 2015 and paid the money he accrued into nine personal bank accounts.

As reported in The Sun, a recent study found that shoplifting cost the UK’s economy £6.3billion last year, equating to £270 for each household.

The study saw that shop theft had rocketed due to a rising number of criminals addicted to narcotics and psychoactive substances such as spice.

Former employees of a plastic company in Blackburn stole £184,000 in cash over a five-year period.

Beryl Ann Shore and Kathryn Jones were employed by MGS Technical Plastics and prosecution evidence indicated that they had stolen closer to £123,000, but Shore’s own documents indicated they had stolen more.

The This Is Lancashire website reports that a persistent shoplifter has been banned from every shop in Accrington town centre.
John Crabtree has been convicted of 16 offences of shoplifting already this year, and local police hit out at the impact shoplifters like Crabtree have on the area.