Category Archives: Civil Recovery
Gift Card Scam Netted £10k
The Manchester Evening News website reports that a former employee of fashion chain Footasylum defrauded the company of more than £10,000.
Christopher Osbourne began uploading cash onto company gift cards, ‘abusing his position of trust’ as a customer service team leader.
read moreSocial Worker Forged Signatures
According to the Teeside Live website, a social worker snorted away cocaine worth almost £30,000 using money meant for vulnerable families.
Lisa Finn forged signatures and pocketed £28,397.18, tampering with 60 documents, and drawing hundreds of pounds of cash at a time.
read moreNatWest Worker Stole £200k
As reported on the Southwark News website, a London man who stole more than £200,000 from the bank he was employed by has been jailed for three years.
Anthony Adade was found to have accessed several customer accounts, making fraudulent transfers worth over £200,000 in less than six months.
read moreTeens In Mass Shoplifting Spree
The Mirror website reports that a college has suspended 17 teenagers after they allegedly went on a mass shoplifting spree at a Primark store in Hull.
The group, believed to be entirely made up of girls, have been placed on a “short term suspension pending a meeting with their parents and carers”.
read moreBook Shop Worker Stole £3k
According to the Weston Mercury website, a Waterstone’s store manager stole £2,920 in order to pay for ‘a household and a half’.
Christopher Ashford used the shop’s stamp and save card scheme to recoup the money and pocket the cash from the till.
read moreDad Took Kids Shoplifting
According to the Metro website, a father took two of his children on a shoplifting spree, stuffing electrical items into their backpacks.
Paul Shaw stole three dash cams and a TV streaming stick from a branch of Asda in Burnley but was caught by security staff as he tried to leave the store.
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