Monthly Archives: July 2020

IT Boss Scammed Employer For £220k

The Yorkshire Evening Post website reports that the head of IT at Sky Betting in Leeds carried out a fraud worth almost a quarter of a million pounds.

For almost a year, Matt Richmond used the company account to order Apple MacBook Pros from suppliers and then sold them online.

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Thief Got Arrested To Smuggle Drugs

According to the Eastern Daily Press website, a man got himself arrested for shoplifting as a way to try to smuggle drugs into jail, hidden in Kinder egg containers.

Jamie Burns was arrested for stealing alcohol but when placed in a police cell he admitted to officers he had heroin, cocaine and cannabis about his person, which he was planning to try to smuggle in to Norwich prison.

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Worker Stole Turbos Worth £16k

According to the Teesside Live website, Martin Wilson, an employee of Turboactive, stole almost £16,000-worth of turbochargers from the company and sold them on eBay.

After receiving an anonymous tip-off, the company owner ordered one of the turbos and immediately recognised it as one of his own.

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Go-Karting Manager Stole £6k In Cash

The Teesside Live website reports that a manager at a Teesside go-karting track stole almost £6,000 from his employer.

Gareth Smith was responsible for banking takings and a large sum of money went missing just before he handed in his notice in December 2019.

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Police Told To Prosecute Shoplifters

According to The Sun website, the Government is to tell cops to prosecute shoplifters stealing under £200 worth of goods after retailers complained that smaller thefts are ignored by police.

A Home Office report found that 70% of retailers rated the police response to shop crime as “poor” or “very poor”.

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Recruitment Fraud Costs UK £23bn

An article on the People Management website claims that the annual cost of recruitment fraud to UK businesses is a whopping £23.9 billion.

Research carried out by Crowe UK in conjunction with the University of Portsmouth, found that out of 5,000 CVs checked, over three-quarters contained dicrepancies.

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