Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The BBC News website reports that a serial fraudster stole nearly £600,000 from his employer after lying to a recruitment agency to get his job.

Andrew Maxted took the money from the building company, where he worked as an accountant, to buy luxury cars and holidays.

According to the Northumberland Gazette website, over 3,800 non-compliant disposable vapes have been seized from a premises in Ashington.

Officers were tipped off by received intelligence that the shop was supplying vaping products with puff counts over ten times the legal limit.

As reported on the Daily Record website, a nurse faked qualifications to get a senior job at an NHS hospital and claimed she had been shot while serving in the Army.

Tanya Nasir claimed she was a Major in the British Army, and invented a string of fake medical qualifications to get the role.

The Island Echo website reports that a holiday park employee stole more than £13,000 by simply refunding business transactions onto her personal bank cards.

Kathryn Lucas made the fraudulent transactions over a period of less than two years, and initially claimed her family were being chased by loan sharks.

As reported on the BBC News website, a bookmakers’ manager stole thousands of pounds from his employer to fund his worsening gambling addiction.

Daniel Cassidy admitted stealing £9,500 from his employer and he was sentenced to an 11-month, suspended jail term and ordered to pay £5,000.

According to the Advertiser and Times website, four thieves snatched hundreds of pounds of meat from a family-run local produce store in New Milton.

Staff at Ferndene Farm Shop were stunned after being targeted during a quiet afternoon the quartet who stole the high-value goods in minutes.