Category Archives: Civil Recovery

As reported on the Yorkshire Live website, a woman stole almost £100,000 from her employer, telling him she owed the money to loan sharks.

Farida Mughal worked for an estate agent in Dewsbury where she submitted fake invoices purportedly for maintenance works at the company’s 360 properties.

The BBC News website reports that some shopkeepers in the West Midlands have resorted to posting CCTV footage on social media, complaining police are not doing enough trace shoplifting suspects.

One has even started a “wall of shame” by putting up images of alleged offenders outside his shop, as offences increased by 29% over the past two years.

According to the Express website, Emma Berry, the Boots pharmacy chain has banned a woman, Emma Berry, who struggles with addiction to crack cocaine, from all its stores across the UK.

This comes after Berry repeatedly targeted and stole cosmetics from a Boots shop in Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, a total of eight times.

The Novara Media website reports that shoplifters have told them that the cost of living [CoL] crisis had pushed them to steal more of life’s essentials.

Last year, food industry magazine The Grocer reported that shoplifting levels – especially of everyday essentials – were “off the charts”, and prices have only climbed since then.

The BBC News website reports that counterfeit clothing worth more than £6m has been seized by police following a series of raids in Manchester’s Cheetham Hill and Strangeways areas.

Greater Manchester Police said officers had closed down 18 shops over a two-week period.

An article on the Business Matters website reports that with the cost-of-living crisis seemingly driving worker theft up, businesses should be extra mindful of the financial effect of a bad hire.

The warning comes following reports from insurer Zurich UK, which shows that employee theft had increased 19% in 2022.