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As reported on the Bournemouth Echo website, a couple has narrowly avoided prison for stealing nearly £42,000 from their employer.

Lisa Pidgley and Matthew Pounds were given a 12-month prison sentence – suspended for 18 months – for stealing money by reversing customer payments after a new till system was introduced at a Harvester restaurant.

The GetWestLondon website reports that a former Chief Financial Officer for First International Group – a City asset management company – has been found guilty of stealing over £800,000 from his employer.

Sunil Jain faked invoices and made unauthorised payments into his own personal bank account, by using a former employee’s banking fob to ensure he was able to bypass internal finance controls, which required two counter signatories.

The Derby Telegraph carries a story of a sweet-toothed shoplifter who stole over £400 of chocolate from the same store in Derby in just three days.

Luke Austin walked into a One Stop store in Sinfin, on June 3, filled his rucksack with £80 of chocolate and left.

The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that a restaurant manager stole £2,500 in a scam which involved charging tips without asking customers’ permission.

Lawrence Farmer was caught after customers at Reds True BBQ in Leeds complained about being charged a gratuity on bills when they had not offered one.

The Bromley Today website reports that a ‘serial fraudster’ has been jailed for five years after stealing over £500,000 from various employers.

Oonagh Grant was convicted of stealing from a solicitors in 2011, but changed her name in 2013 to work as a self-employed contractor for a law firm in Lewisham.

The BBC News website carries the story of a finance director who has been jailed for stealing £6m from his employer – which put the company into administration.

Michael Collins stole money whilst working at The Mediterranean Insurance and Reinsurance Company Limited (MedRe) which went bust in 2015.