Category Archives: Civil Recovery

Sheffield’s The Star website reports that a finance manager transferred tens of thousands of pounds from her employer’s coffers into her own account.

In just over two years, Zoe Guest, logged into accounts and created fake sales invoices, before moving funds from True Life Ltd into an account in her and her partner’s names.

The Northwich Guardian website reports that a man has been jailed after selling £40,000-worth of paint stolen from his employer, spending his ill-gotten gains on drink, drugs and prostitutes.

George Smith covered his deceit by adjusting computer stock records, but was eventually rumbled by a finance director carrying out an audit.

The Cornwall Live website reports that a Newquay man narrowly avoided a jail sentence but has received a fine of £285,000 for selling counterfeit goods.

Daniel Pettit allowed customers to order products to be printed with images or designs relating to brands including Fortnite, Call of Duty and North Face.

The Portsmouth News website reports that a Royal Navy sailor has been jailed for stealing specialist diver watches and selling them on eBay.

Joshua Cheetham stole a number of the high spec timepieces, which operate at underwater depths of 300 metres, whilst working as a storeman on warship HMS Kent.

As reported on the Daily Record website, a Stirling University employee used a work credit card to fraudulently obtain goods and services worth over £7,000.

Alex Lee’s criminal activity spanned just six months, when she pretended that she was the authorised holder of the credit card to various companies, businesses and retailers.

The Northern Echo website reports that North Yorkshire trading standards officers have tracked down and stopped a £400,000 fake watches operation.

Nearly 1,000 fake watches were confiscated from Watch Cabin Ltd, and James Christopher Lum, the businessman in charge of the operation.