Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the Public Technology website, fraud perpetrated against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office [FCO] last year amounted to over £130,000 and included an online shopping spree and the unsolved theft of £50,000-worth of expensive antique clocks from its London headquarters.

The Guardian website reports that a new political party was launched in London by a group of activists from Extinction Rebellion [XR] marking the event by shoplifting a haul of goods from Sainsbury’s.

Five members of the Beyond Politics party filled trolleys with food but left without paying, apparently to highlight the instability of global food distribution.

The Eastern Daily Press website reports that a police employee who sold car parts belonging to the force on eBay was caught out when stolen goods were bought by an undercover officer.

Scott Allcock spent 18 years working for Norfolk Constabulary as a parts officer, admitted to five charges relating to the incidents.

The Grimsby Live website reports that a pre-school group treasurer stole more than £18,400 in a breach of trust to help fund a spiralling gambling problem.

Kathyrn Dennis’s “despicable” fraud saw her pretend that the charitable organisation’s bank account had been repeatedly hacked in a bid to “cover her tracks”.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a violent shoplifter kicked the head of security guard ‘like a football’ after being caught stealing vodka in a branch of Asda.

Daniel Wardle – jailed for two years – punched the guard to the ground, kicked his head and then ran away as the man lay unconscious with a broken jaw.

The News & Star website reports that a man who stole almost £107,000 from a Longtown hotel where he was the manager must hand over nearly £74,000 in compensation.

Stewart McIntosh, blamed his offending on a “crippling” and long-term addiction to gambling.