Monthly Archives: June 2025

The Birmingham Live website reports that a payroll administrator who was addicted to spending stole nearly £200,000 from her employers.

Between November 2021 and March 2024, Ewa Bieniak swindled the business out of £194,509.66.

The Mirror website reports that the UK is in the grip of a wave of ‘Kamikaze’ shoplifting – as brazen thieves snatch goods in plain sight with little fear of consequences.

Over half (56%) of retail workers say they’ve witnessed so-called Kamikaze shoplifting – blatant, in-your-face theft.

The Northants Police website reports that a former DPD employee has been jailed for stealing parcels containing expensive Apple and Samsung mobile phones.

Daniel Kane Carter was arrested and pleaded guilty to one count of theft, and was sentenced to 22 months in prison.

The BBC News website reports that a woman was wrongly accused of shoplifting toilet roll due to an apparent mix-up with a facial recognition system.

Danielle Horan was left “fuming” after being ejected from two Home Bargains stores and initially given no explanation.

According to the Kent Online website, workers at a charity shop have had to close fitting rooms and hide stock, as clothes, shoes and even furniture handles are stolen.

Staff at Making a Difference to Maidstone (MADM) described the surge in shoplifting as a “slap in the face”.

The ITV News website reports that a customer consultant for Lloyds Banking Group stole more than £100,000 from her employer.

Lesley Smith sent company money in increasingly large amounts directly to her bank own accounts.