Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to The Sun website, the Cost of Living Crisis [COLC] has seen hard-up Brits getting hooked on the ‘high’ of shoplifting and are unable to stop themselves.

Staff at the UK Addiction Treatment Group have seen an “astronomical” rise in people seeking help with shoplifting addiction.

The Leicester Mercury website reports that a serial shoplifter stole more than £500,000 in a crime spree that took her to towns and cities across the country.

Narinder Kaur operated on an ‘industrial scale’, with her scam seeing her trick retail staff into handing over refunds for items she had never even bought.

The Argus website reports that a finance boss who defrauded his Brighton University employers out of £2million has been jailed for six years.

David Hall spent his ill-gotten gains on holidays and fine dining and covered up his crimes by making fraudulent entries into the university’s accounts.

The North Wales Live website reports that a “professional shoplifter” stole over £27,000 worth of alcohol from various Asda and Tesco stores across the UK.

Cristian Miron – working with accomplices – entered the supermarkets, filled a trolley with boxes of alcohol, and, whilst staff were distracted, the trolley was brought out to a waiting car.

As reported on the Third Sector website, cancer charity managers have told of their “devastation” after a former employee was ordered to repay just £1 of the £94,000 she stole.

Paula Tribbeck was sentenced to two years in prison after stealing the money from Wessex Cancer Trust between 2013 and December 2019.

According to the Hull Live website, a fraudster fascinated by the TV programme Rogue Traders turned himself into a conman in a £378,300 VAT refunds scam that netted more than £158,300.

Lance Johns roped in a very hard-up father who handed over his personal details so that the fraud could escalate.