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Lincolnshire Live reports that a former manager of a tea room who stole thousands of pounds from her boss has been ordered to pay back almost £20,000.

Lucy Hockney stole the cash when she worked at Grayz Tea Rooms in Lincoln, having been “presented as a very good, capable and trustworthy person”, by the owner of the business.

According to the BBC News website, a doctor has been jailed for lying on his CV to get a £55,000-a-year job at a medical research centre.

Oswald Wong pretended to be a General Medical Council (GMC) member to land the role in Merthyr Tydfil – despite not having any medical qualifications to work in Britain.

A 24-year-old bank worker took part in a “sophisticated fraud” which saw scammers steal millions of pounds from rich customers using a string of impersonators.

Molly Jones scoured computer systems at Lloyds Bank for rarely-accessed accounts holding large sums of money before passing the details to a criminal gang.

As reported on the Boston Standard website, a gambling addict stole over £38,000 from his employers, Lincolnshire County Council, despite having served two jail terms for theft and tax evasion.

Darren Challis was jailed for 18 months in 2013 after he stole over £47,000 from a Lincoln-based firm.

The South Wales Argus reports that a man was jailed for six months for selling counterfeit shirts bearing the logos of football clubs as well as rock and pop bands.

Andrew Jones and his wife, Jayne, sold items from their home via two eBay accounts, generating almost £160,000 in trade over a three-year period.

The Ilford Recorder reports that a pharmacist stole almost £5,000 worth of prescription drugs from pharmacies in Havering and Dagenham, which he then sold on the street.

Niren Patel was investigated after his employer – Day Lewis Pharmacy – made a report of theft to the police and it was revealed that he had been creating fraudulent orders for almost £5,000 worth of prescription medicine and claiming the drugs himself.