Category Archives: Civil Recovery

A Primark employee from Dagenham has admitted issuing £500 worth of refunds to himself after closing time, according to the Barking and Dagenham Post.

Store bosses became suspicious after a high number of refund transactions connected to Felix Ogunleye’s employee number took place after hours.

The Telegraph reports that police found more than 1,300 pieces of stolen clothing, bags and shoes in a grandmother’s property in Norfolk.

Christine Carriage had filled her garden, garage, cupboards, bedroom and dining room and an eight-foot clothing rail was packed so full it had bent out of shape.

The Mirror reports that two former NHS workers who stole dental equipment worth £75,000 which they sold on eBay have been jailed.

Darren Lawson who worked as a storeman for NHS Lothian stole the goods before passing them to hospital site supervisor Gianni Donofrio who traded them on the auction website.

A bent bank worker who stole a fortune from Natwest customers after taking their account details over the phone has been jailed.

Telephone advisor Matthew Parkhouse asked a string of account holders for the security digits on the backs of their cards when he didn’t need them for legitimate banking purposes.

The Cambridge News reports that a debt-ridden postman stole packages on his rounds in Saffron Walden and then sold some of the items on ebay.

Christopher John Caldwell, 44, pocketed up to £3,000 in a period of two-and-a-half years by targeting parcels and selling on ebay the goods he found in them.

According to The Telegraph, a Romanian criminal was caught shoplifting twice – during his first four days of arrival in the UK.

Coventry magistrates heard Andrei Alexandru Burnei wasted no time in stealing when he arrived in Britain on March 9 as he was arrested on the same day.