Category Archives: Civil Recovery
Beauty Consultant Stole £600
The Kent Online website reports that a former beauty consultant told a court that she made “the biggest mistake of her life”, after a £600 shoplifting spree.
Rasa Cmeliauskaite stole from four shops over two days, including John Lewis, Boots and Marks and Spencer.
read moreAccountant Stole £250,000
The Yorkshire Live website reports that a former accountant defrauded her chemical company employer out of more than £250,000, over a four-year period.
Anne-Marie Dinsdale – jailed for 30 months – could not provide a court with any details about how she had spent the stolen money.
read more‘Mafia-Style’ Gangs Stealing Champagne
As reported on the Metro website, a network of shoplifters have managed to steal at least £73,000 worth of champagne from UK shops before trafficking it abroad.
The group wear Bluetooth headsets to communicate whilst committing the thefts in ‘mafia-style’ operations.
read moreCharity Boss Stole £25,000
The BBC News website reports that the former boss of a charity for deaf people stole £25,000 from it by taking out loans in its name.
Newly-appointed accountants discovered that Louise McGrath took out a loan of £6,000 in 2019, one of just under £9,000 in 2020 and then one of £6,000 in 2021.
read moreGolf Club Manager Stole £15k
The Your Local Guardian website reports that an assistant manager at a golf club stole £15,000 from his employer to fund his gambling addiction.
Danny Hollingsworth admitted his theft after going to his local police station and telling officers that he “had a confession to make”.
read moreIncrease In Thefts From Charity Shops
The Civil Society website reports that some charity retailers in the UK have reported an increase in shoplifting and anti-social behaviour in their shops.
According to a recent survey of 34 organisations, most acknowledged an increase in incidents, ranging from anti-social behaviour to verbal abuse and theft.
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