Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The BBC News website reports that a burger bar manager stole £30,000 from his employers to fund his addiction to drugs, alcohol and gambling.

Anargyros Georgallis admitted stealing the cash while he worked at the Fat Hippo burger outlet in Sheffield.

As seen on the ITV News website, the massive trade in the production and supply of fake designer brands has found criminal gangs using young migrants as illegal labour, paying them as little as £10 a day to be “spotters” – people who watch out for the police – or add labels to counterfeit goods.

According to the North Wales Live website, a drug addict whose shoplifting spree saw her threaten to physically attack, punch and stab people with a needle says she is now “too old for all of this”.

Kendra Gibson targeted Primark, M&S and a shopping mall, picking up items before bypassing the tills and walking straight out of the door.

According to the BBC News website, a scheme to treat offenders with addiction issues in a bid to limit shop-lifting has been hailed a success.

The Birmingham-based scheme is estimated to have saved retailers in the region of £800k.

As reported on The Law Society Gazette website, a law firm employee stole more than £330,000 from her firm through fraudulent stamp duty land tax declarations.

Sarah Tyler made statements to HMRC and the Welsh Revenue Authority which undervalued property prices or wrongly classified the properly transaction.

The Greenock Telegraph website reports that a prolific thief stole more than £5,500-worth of merchandise during a string of shoplifting raids which spanned three years.

David Clarke targeted various businesses during his one-man crimewave, including Currys, Sainsbury’s, TK Maxx, Boots, Halford’s, Aldi and Iceland.