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Sainsbury’s Bans High School Students
According to the Eastern Daily Press, Sainsbury’s in North Walsham has banned all children wearing North Walsham High School uniform from entering its store, unless accompanied by an adult.
This drastic move follows several incidents of shoplifting at the store by pupils and has led to a Twitter backlash by angry parents.
read moreFinance Director Stole £1m Of Charity Cash
According to Mail Online, a financial director plundered nearly £1m from her charity employer’s accounts to fund luxury holidays and VIP tickets to see Britney Spears.
Chasjit Verma, defrauded the Jubilee Hall Trust over a seven-year period while in charge of the registered charity’s finances.
read moreCharity’s Accountant Stole £2.5m
BBC News reports that a charity’s accountant has been jailed for stealing more than £2.5m from his employer, Morris Cerullo World Evangelism.
Stephen Ashton falsified invoices and accounts and used the money he stole to pay for his lover’s mortgage and luxury holidays.
read more£125k Fraud Put 25 Jobs At Risk
The Sentinel reports that fraudster Andrew Salt ripped off his employer to the tune of £142,000 – by stealing car parts and flogging them on eBay.
Salt placed orders for non-existent customers and when the car parts were delivered, he would create a return note, but the goods were never sent back.
read moreCrook Jailed For £1m Scam Re-employed By NHS
The Mirror reports that an NHS manager who was jailed for her part in an elaborate IT fraud was re-employed as a health service worker after using another surname.
Deborah Hancox funded a lavish lifestyle, along with her partner John Leigh, by tricking the NHS into buying goods from their own companies.
read moreBarrister Disbarred For Lying On CV
According to the Legal Futures website a barrister has been disbarred for lying on her CV about the qualifications she received and her work experience.
Anisah Ahmed submitted a CV that falsely stated that she had been awarded a distinction for a postgraduate law degree and had been awarded a diploma in forensic medicine.
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