Monthly Archives: January 2019

According to the Ely Standard website, a mother and daughter stole around £100,000 from a business by using a company credit card to fund Legoland rides, vets bills, a private car number plate and house cleaners.

Nicola Hayter worked as a bookkeeper for construction company Retrofit UK and used the company’s trade account to purchase personal items and overpaid her own bonuses.

According to the Gloucestershire Live website, the manager of a branch of Coral’s bookmakers stole almost £10,000 to help settle her boyfriend’s drug debt.

Bethan Perry was seen on CCTV emptying a safe of £6,000 cash and stuffing the notes into her handbag.

Stoke On Trent Live reported that a ‘desperate’ couple targeted a branch of Asda and tried to steal over £260-worth of food and alcohol, but were tracked around the store on CCTV.
Kelvin Cox and Hannah Hemmings had planned to eat the food and sell the alcohol to supplement their £20-a-week benefits.

The Liverpool Echo reports that when a fraudster stole nearly £73,000 from his employer, his boss ended up losing his job.

David Peter James abused his position as Finance Manager to steal cash from the Japanese-owned Exedy Clutch Europe in Runcorn.

According to the Birmingham Live website, a shopaholic bookkeeper stole nearly £400,000 from her employer to prop up her unaffordable lifestyle.

Suki Smith was self-employed and worked at Farleigh Property Ltd. one day a week to process the firm’s invoices.

According to the Manchester Evening News, a prolific thief who threatened a supermarket security guard with a hypodermic needle has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Lee Thompson was arrested by police who saw him driving a stolen car in Hyde.