Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the Northwich & Winsford Guardian website, Matthew Lambert stole nearly £10,000 of high-end smartwatches from his employer.

Managers started to suspect there was a thief on site after an order couldn’t be fulfilled, despite systems showing stock was available.

According to the Mail Online website, an assistant headteacher stole thousands of pounds in a free school meals scam to fund his gambling addiction.

Daniel Reynolds was paid extra to run an activity and food programme, which was championed by footballer Marcus Rashford.

As reported on the Liverpool Echo website, a convicted fraudster stole over £20,000 from his estate agent employer and used the cash to buy a Jaguar and Lego sets.

Kieran Moore was effectively fired from his job and then two large sums of money were deposited into one of his personal bank accounts.

According to the Cambridgeshire Constabulary website, a pharmacist dispenser stole thousands of sleeping tablets from his employer over a three-month period.

Khurram Abbas was found to have placed orders for 110 boxes (3,080 tablets) of temazepam – a form of sleeping tablet and class C prescription-only drug.

The Sky News website reports that shoplifting offences in England and Wales have soared to the highest level in 20 years.

The Office for National Statistics found some 402,482 offences were recorded by police in the year to September 2023 – up by almost a third (32%) on the previous 12 months.

As reported on the Wales Online website, a grandmother stole more than £11,000 from her veterinary clinic employers and used a colleague’s bank account to hide the fraud.

Hellen Simmonds falsified refunds and payments on the company’s accounts system, enabling her to steal a total of £11,417.