Monthly Archives: October 2019

According to the Evening Standard website, having digitised human-like faces on self-service checkouts could reduce the risk of shoplifting at supermarkets.

Participants in a study were asked to scan or weigh items before paying for them, and then had the chance to scan fewer items or select lesser weights.

According to the Yorkshire Evening Post website, a claims management company [CMC] employee diverted around £18,000 into his own account.

Mohammed Aumran provided insurers who were paying claims with his own bank account details instead of the company’s.

According to the Somerset Live website, a prolific shoplifter went on a two-month thieving spree in Yeovil, “in order to survive”, a court was told.

Louise Lauchlan – jailed for 21 weeks – helped herself to hundreds of pounds worth of booze and fragrances from Asda and a Boots store from which she had already been banned.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a finance director cost four employees their jobs after he stole £21,000 of company money to feed his secret heroin habit.

Richard Turner managed the finances at a plant machinery hire firm and was – ironically – tasked with improving security on payments to the company.

According to the South Wales Argus website, an hotel operations manager stole from his employer to get back at the company owner who was a “horrible person to work for”.

Paul Lago stole £2,000 in cash from bar and restaurant tills and covered his tracks by posting disputed transactions.