Monthly Archives: March 2023

The Argus website reports that a finance boss who defrauded his Brighton University employers out of £2million has been jailed for six years.

David Hall spent his ill-gotten gains on holidays and fine dining and covered up his crimes by making fraudulent entries into the university’s accounts.

The North Wales Live website reports that a “professional shoplifter” stole over £27,000 worth of alcohol from various Asda and Tesco stores across the UK.

Cristian Miron – working with accomplices – entered the supermarkets, filled a trolley with boxes of alcohol, and, whilst staff were distracted, the trolley was brought out to a waiting car.

As reported on the Third Sector website, cancer charity managers have told of their “devastation” after a former employee was ordered to repay just £1 of the £94,000 she stole.

Paula Tribbeck was sentenced to two years in prison after stealing the money from Wessex Cancer Trust between 2013 and December 2019.

According to the Hull Live website, a fraudster fascinated by the TV programme Rogue Traders turned himself into a conman in a £378,300 VAT refunds scam that netted more than £158,300.

Lance Johns roped in a very hard-up father who handed over his personal details so that the fraud could escalate.

According to the ITV News website, a woman has been found guilty of posing as a qualified doctor for more than 20 years – earning more than £1 million from the NHS.

Zholia Alemi forged documents claiming to be a psychiatrist and submitted them to the General Medical Council (GMC) in 1995.