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According to the Consultancy.uk website, employee fraud jumped by 45 cases in 2021, according to a new report, with researchers believing the rise was due to Covid-19.

The pandemic provided more opportunities for fraudulent behaviour, as companies continued to rush out home-working initiatives.

The Evening Standard website reports that the Metropolitan Police have seized a large number of fake designer goods following a raid on a shop in London’s Oxford Street.

Goods seized included counterfeit hoodies with unofficial trade marks and mobile phone covers with trade marks such as Louis Vuitton and Nike.

The Birmingham Mail website reports that Trading Standards officers uncovered a huge £1.5million haul of fake clothes and shoes following a probe into gangsters in Walsall.

In all, around 7,500 items were seized as part of ‘Operation Flash’, a national project probing the use of self-storage units to hide counterfeit products.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a financial controller stole £6.7 million from the cash reserves of his employer, despite earning over £80k per year.

James Hall stole to ‘secure the financial security of his wife and children’ but then lost most of the money gambling on the FTSE 100 index.

The Manchester Evening News website reports that a bookkeeper defrauded her employer out of nearly £70,000 using fake invoices, passing them off as payments to clients.

Gillian Wilde’s fraud was uncovered when her boss noticed her taking expensive holidays and wearing designer clothing.

According to the Nottinghamshire Live website, a gin distillery expert who was headhunted by a company for his expertise abused his position as a director to steal around £143,000.

Thomas Masters had set out plans to create a gin school with a bar and restaurant, but used the cash he stole to fund his gambling addiction.