Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the Birmingham Live website, two men have been fined after they were caught selling fake designer bags and hats.

Hasib Safi and Ibrahim Akabary separately sold accessories bearing the Louis Vuitton or Dolce & Gabbana trademarks, all of which turned out to be counterfeit.

The York Press website reports that a thief who joined Black Friday shopping crowds in York to carry out a shoplifting raid will spend Christmas behind bars.

Maria Smith took clothing and perfume gift sets worth £363 at Fenwick and walked out with them without paying, before staff stopped her outside the department store.

The Evening Standard website reports that two corrupt HSBC managers stole nearly £1 million from wealthy customers’ accounts in less than twelve months.

Gerald Sarpong and Mohammed Uddin conspired with other unknown criminals, sending them the details of seven individuals whose life savings were then plundered.

The Daily Record website reports that a business collapsed after an employee splurged £12,000 of company funds on clothes and perfume.

Olivia Briscoe had access to the company bank accounts and made around 100 withdrawals at cashpoints and used the business debit card for personal shopping.

The Birmingham Live website reports that a shoplifter who stole meat worth hundreds of pounds from a city Marks and Spencer store has been jailed.

Liam Wilcox was arrested after West Midlands Police took to Twitter to post CCTV footage of a man suspected of stealing from the branch in Sheldon.

The BBC News website reports that police have seized an “astonishing” haul of fake designer goods and illegal items in pre-Christmas raids in London’s Oxford Street.

Operation Jade raided four souvenir and sweet shops and confiscated more that 17,500 items, including unsafe toys, counterfeit clothing, and incorrectly-labelled nicotine products.