Category Archives: Civil Recovery

Mail Online reports that a security officer claims that he was told by Devon & Cornwall police that retailers should call shoplifters’ parents, not the police, as the force will not respond unless the value stolen is over £200.

The security worker – who wishes to remain anonymous – said, “Police are no longer going to attend shoplifting arrests in stores.

As reported in The Mirror, a woman with cancer stole £600,000 from her employer to fuel her luxury lifestyle, taking the huge sum by transferring small payments to her account, over years.
Kathryn Jones, an administration assistant at Technical Plastics Limited, had main access to employees’ wages and expenses.

The Southern Daily Echo reports that a student ‘systematically’ stole more than £20,000 from a branch of TK Maxx in Winchester.

Mizael de Medeiros – jailed for 16 months – admitted stealing money and goods from the store just weeks after starting a job there.

According to the Telegraph & Argus website, a Finance Director “preyed on” her employers to steal over £600,000, giving more than half to a “romance fraudster”.

Ilyiea Ali – jailed for 30 months – took money from Information Security Forum Ltd (ISF) from an internal account that was used for payroll purposes.

The Sun reports that a lawyer stole clients’ money to fund a conman who claimed to be a multi-millionaire, but was actually a penniless bankrupt.

Rose Egarr worked for a Wigan firm and Michael Milner became her ‘Number One Client’, claiming he was a leading figure in the war against organised crime.

As reported on the The Express website, police have sparked outrage after suggesting shop workers could detain thieves themselves with a “citizen’s arrest”.

This had lead to accusations that they are asking other people to do their jobs for them, putting shop owners and staff at risk.