Category Archives: Civil Recovery

As reported in The Mirror, viewers of ITV’s This Morning accused the daytime show of “glamourising” shoplifting by having a notorious shoplifter return to the interview sofa.

Kim Farry – no stranger to the CRS either – claimed that she could rake in up to £20,000 a month in goods, which has amounted to around £2million over the years.

According to the Birmingham Live website, a gambling addict who stole £10,000 from his former employer has a new job – at a casino.

Daniel Harrington had worked at a contract catering firm and his duties included cashing up and providing financial reports to company bosses.

The Gloucestershire Live website reports that a prolific shoplifter, described by a judge as a ‘menace to society’, has been jailed for over two years for a spate of thefts which netted over £3,500.

Helen Edwards targeted Marks & Spencer, Boots, Matalan and Debenhams in her latest thieving spree.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a heroin addict and prolific shoplifter has been banned from all Holland & Barratt stores in the UK.

Paul Dobson stole from the Chorlton branch of the health food retailer on eight separate occasions between February and May last year.

According to the BBC News website, a bogus psychiatrist prescribed medication to 164 patients at one mental health trust.

Zholia Alemi – jailed in 2018 for fraud – worked around the UK and for the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT), despite being unqualified.

The Lancashire Post website reports that the workforce of a family-run TV firm has been left a third smaller after a couple defrauded the company of tens of thousands of pounds.
Karen Corless and Colin Vernon received a suspended jail term and 150 hours of unpaid work respectively, after stealing cash and TVs.