Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Spalding Voice website reports that a District Council employee spent £8,470 on company cards after her mental health deteriorated due to her workload.

During a financial investigation, Beverley Paskell’s spending had been traced over a two-year period.

According to the Wales Online website, a man got a job at a school after lying that he was a qualified teacher.

Adrian Ferguson spent months as a science teacher at Cardiff West Community High School, but it emerged he had made a series of false claims in his application.

According to the Wirral Globe website, a cashier stole £186,000 in cash from his auctioneer employers to fund his gambling habit.

Daniel Remmington – jailed for six years – stole the money in just over a year, making large payments into his own bank account.

The Guardian website reports that the government is investing more than £55m over the next four years in expanding facial recognition systems.

The plan includes £4m for mobile units that can be deployed on high streets using live facial recognition in crowded areas to identify people wanted by the police.

As reported on the Examiner Live website, an accountant stole thousands of pounds from her employer after living in fear of her abusive partner.

Joanne Sagar stole £27,530 over 18 months while working in a role which took care of accounts, pay roll and admin duties.

According to the Independent website, a recent report shows that the UK retail sector lost £11.3 billion to payments fraud in 2023.

Retail businesses lost an average of £1,394,518 each to fraudulent activity, with luxury fashion retailers losing an average of £2.8 million.