Category Archives: Civil Recovery

As reported on the Daily Mail website, a bookkeeper who stole more than £180,000 from her employer was found out over a £37 shopping trip at B&Q.

Tracy Ellis used 139 separate transactions to steal the huge sum of money over a period of more than five years, and lived a ‘fantasy life’ on the proceeds of her fraud.

As reported on the Express website, a recent seizure of counterfeit goods by Greater Manchester police has been estimated to have a street value of £870million.

The haul was so vast it took more than 100 officers and multiple agencies 14 days to work through 580 tonnes of gear stashed away in 208 shipping containers.

As reported on the Essex Live website, two company directors stole nearly £4m from a Local Enterprise Agency, to fund an extravagant and luxury lifestyle.

Graeme Loveland and Dennis Wakeling sold company assets worth £3.59m and transferred the millions into various business accounts of their own.

The Wales Online website reports that an amateur cage fighter thief stole £82,000 from his employer by withdrawing cash and buying flights and other items.

David Pollard covered up his thefts by falsifying invoices and changing security information on the company’s bank account.

From across The Pond, the New York Times website reports on how facial recognition technology is being used in the UK to combat the rising numbers of shoplifting offences.

When one such piece of software, Facewatch, spots a flagged face, an alert is sent to a smartphone at the shop.

The Yahoo! News website reports that a company director deceived clients out of more than £3 million to fund his lavish lifestyle.

Duncan Grant – jailed for over 12 years – convinced individuals to invest in his legitimate enterprise but only invested only a fraction of the money raised.