Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Novara Media website reports that shoplifters have told them that the cost of living [CoL] crisis had pushed them to steal more of life’s essentials.

Last year, food industry magazine The Grocer reported that shoplifting levels – especially of everyday essentials – were “off the charts”, and prices have only climbed since then.

The BBC News website reports that counterfeit clothing worth more than £6m has been seized by police following a series of raids in Manchester’s Cheetham Hill and Strangeways areas.

Greater Manchester Police said officers had closed down 18 shops over a two-week period.

An article on the Business Matters website reports that with the cost-of-living crisis seemingly driving worker theft up, businesses should be extra mindful of the financial effect of a bad hire.

The warning comes following reports from insurer Zurich UK, which shows that employee theft had increased 19% in 2022.

The Wales Online website reports that a doctor who defrauded the NHS out of over £67,000 has had his medical licence returned, and has already received two job offers.

Between 2016 and 2019, Dr. Aled Jones forged hundreds of cheques and claimed for shifts he had not worked at the University Hospital of Wales.

The MyLondon website reports that a primary school business manager who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds to fund her extravagant lifestyle has been jailed for six years.

Debra Poole was in charge of the Surrey school bank accounts plus the finances of its breakfast and after-school club.

The Hull Live website reports that a worker secretly sold scaffolding poles belonging to his employer because he needed to raise some much-needed cash.

Mark Dales was originally said to have helped himself to scaffolding worth £215,000 but he insisted that the actual value of the haul was just £7,000.