Category Archives: Civil Recovery

According to the Lincolnshire Live website, a worker at Lincoln County Hospital stole items from his employer worth thousands of pounds to sell on eBay.

John O’Keefe stole a cardiac heart rhythm monitor, a medical gas alarm, tools, and items such as locks which he sold using the name “Trusted Trader 77″.

According to the Derby Telegraph website, a former chef at a well-known, multi award-winning, pub in Derby city centre broke into it and stole more than £7,000.

Alex Haslam broke into the Exeter Arms, made his way to an office where he knew cash was kept and took it, along with his former workmates’ tip money.

According to the Yorkshire Live website, a gambler became so desperate for money he resorted to selling his employer’s company car.

Less six months after joining the company, Adnan Afzal asked the fleet manager for the vehicle’s logbook and told him that he was applying for a parking permit.

According to the Eastern Daily Press website, a woman sold stolen items on eBay including hundreds of pounds worth of cosmetics shoplifted from Boots.

An audit of Rose Willingham’s internet history found links to shoplifting research, and £11,500 passing through her PayPal account.

As reported in The Sun, a third of people across the UK wear and use knock-off, counterfeited gear to help save cash.

Fake clothes, fashion accessories, cosmetics and watches are the most popular purchases, making up two thirds of the value of Britain’s black economy.

According to Mail Online, an officer manager lied that she’d just had a baby to avoid prison after stealing £7,700 from work to fund her cocaine habit.

Heather McCarthy used the fictitious birth to make a tearful plea for mercy last November, and was given a suspended sentence as the judge was reluctant to separate the mother from her child.