Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the Fashion United website, recent analysis by Watches2U has uncovered that the UK is at the epicentre of online searches for fake watches.

This development comes in the wake of a 2023 report that identified over one million counterfeit watches circulating in the UK market – 35% of all fake items.

According to the Runcorn & Widnes World website, a former DHL delivery driver stole mobile phones worth more than £33,000.

Anthony Quinn stole 31 mobile phones over a period of roughly a month in 2020, and initially denied any wrongdoing.

According to The Bolton News website, a huge haul of £2M worth of fake goods was seized from a shop in Farnworth.

Police and Bolton Council trading standards officers launched a joint raid on the premises after member of the public reported that counterfeit goods were being sold.

The Mirror website reports that a senior finance manager at a local council stole almost £1m of taxpayers money to fund his gambling addiction.

A court heard how Alan Doig transferred £934,343.30 of money meant to pay for public services from Gedling Borough Council into his own bank accounts.

The Mail Online website reports that a cop has been accused of stealing almost four kilos of cocaine from his own force.

PC Andrew Talbot was caught after he accidentally dropped a drug wrap in the grounds of his daughter’s primary school, a court was told.

According to the Mail Online website, a barista stole £4,000 by sneakily getting customers to pay their bills to his own card machine instead of the company one.

Joe & The Juice employee Brandon Leung spent months using a £70 SumUp chip and pin device to funnel money into his personal bank account.