Category Archives: Civil Recovery

The Perth & Kinross Council website reports that the council’s Trading Standards team recently nearly 300 items of counterfeit clothing and handbags.

The products, all of very poor quality and with generic labels, were seized from a retail premises in Perth and will be destroyed.

The Essex Police website reports that a finance manager stole more than £180,000 from her employer to fund a lavish lifestyle.

Anita Mirmohammadi had used her personally-issued company credit card to fund herself, as well as making fraudulent invoices to extract even more money from the company accounts.

The BBC News website reports that almost £400,000 worth of counterfeit goods have been seized, including vapes and headphones, from a business in Rotherham.

Electronic devices, counterfeit vapes, vape liquids and cartridges were discovered after information was provided by members of the public.

The This Is Money website reports that a UK tech company that cracks down on counterfeit handbags and jewellery is mulling a listing on the London Stock Exchange.

Quantum Base makes security labels similar to QR and barcodes – but applies quantum physics to create unique ID tags to an atomic level.

The Cheshire Live website reports that the director of a recruitment agency stole almost £80,000 from his employer over a two-year period.

David Kissack invoiced companies directly and directed payments into his personal bank account.

The BBC News website reports that arrests for shop thefts have more than doubled in Surrey over the past year.

The Surrey police force said reports of retail crime are increasing and it has launched a consultation asking business owners and residents how authorities can better combat the problem.