Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Evening Standard website reports that a fraudster convinced colleagues he was a qualified barrister so he could pursue his “dream career” in law.

Scott Willey – jailed for 27 months – pretended he was a member of the Bar and worked on 18 cases before his two-year deception was uncovered.

The Manchester Evening News reports that a pawnbroker employee stole over £20,000 to fund his gambling addiction – and now works in a casino.

Peter Barker pocketed customer’s cash and processed it as card payments, racking up 229 fraudulent transactions in two years.

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.

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.

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.

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”.