Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The News & Star gives details of a new study that shows many employers have turned away a candidate for a job after discovering dishonest or exaggerated information on a CV.

A recruitment firm commissioned a survey of 400 employers which revealed that three out of five had discovered that a candidate’s CV had been “embellished”.

According to the Bristol Post, twin sisters sold stolen goods worth £300,000 on eBay, in order to fund drug addicts.

Between 2011 and 2016, Lillian Bowers and Helen Thomas turned from hobby eBay traders to selling thousands of stolen items to the tune of some £300,000, after Bowers’ son Dean started to get his mum to sell stolen items to fund his drug addiction.

According to Mail Online, an ex-prison officer who stole £118,000 from cash points was allowed to walk free from court after claiming prisoners would recognise him inside.

Chris Farrow and his colleague Jason Nixon, stole thousands from ATMs while working as delivery drivers across the north of England.

The News & Star reports that a night-shift worker at Argos stole computer games worth over £800 by stuffing them down his trousers.

Peter Sharman stole 23 games – some he sold on and others he kept, so he could use them himself – as he committed what his lawyer admitted was an “utterly stupid” crime.

The Lurgan Mail reports that two women travelled from Dublin to Northern Ireland for a shoplifting spree, netting themselves almost £2,000-worth of goods in one day.

Margaret O’Reilly and Margaret Maughan stole electrical goods, cosmetics, homeware and clothing from across Lurgan and Newry.

As reported in Somerset’s County Gazette, an employee stole 2,000 bottles of Estée Lauder fragrance from his employer, worth £203,000 on the high street.

Paul Deacon started selling the bottles of Tom Ford branded perfume for £2 to £3, but then charged between £20 and £30 for the items on eBay.