Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Chronicle Live website reports that a former bank worker has admitted stealing more than £1.3m from her employers.

Laura Matthews transferred a total of £1,309,719.67p into her own account, over a six-year period whilst working for Virgin Money.

As reported on the Liverpool Echo website, Robert Adamson swindled his employer out of more than £34,000 over two months, in order to meet his cocaine debts.

A court heard that Adamson had turned to crime after his dealers made serious threats and his car was smashed up outside his home.

The Hull Live website reports that several Hull supermarket stores are resorting to security tagging certain meat products to prevent shoplifting.

Two Co-op food stores and a 24-hour Sainsbury’s Local decided to tag some items to protect high value or frequently stolen items.

The Dorset Live website reports that a convicted fraudster who stole nearly £500,000 from her employer, has been ordered to repay £120,000.

Emma Elizabeth Rhodes was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2020, after defrauding £437,431.68 from Norco Holdings.

The Northern Echo website reports that a finance officer transferred nearly £27,000 of clients’ payments into her own bank account over a 13-month period.

Making 62 fraudulent transactions, Gillian Burke then removed evidence of the payments from the company’s computer system.

According to the Unilad website, a leading Police & Crime Commissioner has stated that short sentences do not work for a low-level crime like shoplifting.

Donna Jones believes that jail sentences should be reserved for violent crimes and sex offences, and that retailers should help fund thieves’ rehabilitation.