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As reported on The Cumberland News wesbite, a pub worker with a secret cocaine addiction stole from his employer in a desperate bid to settle his drugs debt.

During a four-day period of sick leave, Ryan Wightman repeatedly sneaked back into the office so that he could steal cash from the safe.

The Derby Telegraph website reports that a thief with previous convictions for theft and robbery, threw his employers’ trust “back in their face” by stealing £20,000 worth of goods.

Nathan Wood – also known as Nathan Huntington – stole pallets of insulation rolls from the firm’s warehouse on five separate occasions.

The Metro website reports that an office manager stole more than £14,000 from her employer to pay for IVF debts, council tax and fund her nephew at university.

Milanthi Welamedage was a trusted worker at Becon, a now defunct charity that helped black and ethnic minority communities.

The BBC News website reports that the son of celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has been jailed for a number of offences, including a string of thefts from shops.

Marco Pierre White Jr. was sentenced to 11 months in prison for the offences committed in Bath, with a previously suspended sentence of 32 weeks also activated.

According to the Bristol Post website, after a long-running legal battle, a man who faked a degree to land top positions within the NHS has been ordered to pay back nearly £100k in fraudulently obtained earnings.

John Andrewes pretended he had a PhD and made everyone call him ‘doctor’ as he took up senior roles in NHS trusts around the West Country.

The Hull Daily Mail website reports that 80 workers at a Hull plastics company all lost their jobs after a finance manager falsified accounts.

Ian Fisher grossly overstated the level of work that was in progress but understated the huge debts that the company faced – meaning that a completely misleading position was shown.