Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the FE News website, a degree fraud service is warning students that sharing photos of graduation certificates on social media drives the multi-million pound trade in fake degrees.

Fraud experts fear a surge in graduation selfies appearing on social media such as Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter as students look for ways to mark their achievement online.

As reported on the Oldham Times website, a grandmother with no criminal convictions stole £24,000 worth of mobile phones from her work at Yodel in Oldham.

Julie Birchenough worked for the delivery company for ten years and did not have to go through a scanner before and after shifts, unlike her colleagues.

The Harborough Mail website reports that a former senior employee at Kibworth Medical Centre has been jailed for 12 months after stealing over £184,000.

Kirsty Whawell defrauded the practice over a six-year period between 2013 and 2019, when she was practice manager.

The Staffordshire Live website reports that a thief stole more than £1,700 worth of items from shops including Boots, Tesco and Asda in just a few weeks.

Joseph Graham – jailed for nine weeks – targeted high value but easily concealed products such as cosmetics, hair treatment and joints of meat.

The BBC News website reports that a man stole more than £48,000 from his parents, girlfriends, friends and employer “without any prejudice or remorse”.

Wayne Skinner – jailed for over five years – used the money to fund “a life way beyond his means”, buying luxury holidays, nights out and Ed Sheeran gig tickets.

As reported on the News Shopper website, a former bank employee who stole more than £74,000 from members of her own family has been jailed for 28 months.

Hien Ly used her position to take large sums of money off the victims and state she was putting it into “investments” and to purchase properties.