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On the US edition of the Guardian website, an article reports that people on incomes of $70,000 shoplift 30% more than those earning $20,000 per year.

The article cites one ongoing case of a ‘bait-and-switch’ scam involving two coffee makers, where the suspect paid $8million for an island in the Florida Keys, just one week before his arrest.

According to the Somerset County Gazette website, a shoplifter caught offending ten times in the same shop has been jailed for almost three months.

Thomas Carson Howard admitted nine counts of theft from a Boots store in Taunton town centre, between May and July 2019.

The BBC News website reports that a woman from County Tyrone has admitted stealing £2.3m from her former employer over an eight-year period.

The woman – who cannot be identified – pleaded guilty to 26 counts of criminality in what is thought to be Northern Ireland’s biggest single employee fraud case.

As reported on the Lancashire Telegraph website, a chef pocketed cash from a wedding reception budget, and then tried to blame the bride and groom.

Matthew Patterson-Farnworth was in charge of bookings, but when bosses looked for the proceeds of a reception party, he claimed he had been given a dud cheque.

According to the Halifax Courier website, a “greedy” mum-of-two has been jailed for 18 months for her role in a car parts scam which cost her employer more than £90,000.

Sarah Hardaker had been employed as a sales advisor at the Halifax branch of Euro Car Parts Limited, but an anonymous tip-off led to an investigation into the theft.

The Leicestershire Live website reports that a professional shoplifter stole designer handbags to fund her lavish luxury lifestyle of holidays to America, spa days, cocktails and champagne.

Sophie Louise Ingram was involved in handling £11,642 worth of stolen Mulberry designer handbags, taken during various high-stakes shoplifting sprees.