Category Archives: Technology
Bookie Employee Embezzled £40k
The onlinecasino.co.uk website reports that a former assistant manager of Coral embezzled thousands of pounds after discovering a glitch in the company’s computer system that allowed him to bet on matches after the final whistle had blown.
Gavin Thompson employed friends as proxy gamblers, supplying the stake and processing the transactions while they placed bogus bets at Coral branches in Dundee and Forfar.
read moreFurniture Store Worker Laundered £250k
According to the Swindon Advertiser, a man defrauded almost £250,000 from his employer, with the help of 34 accomplices.
Aaron Kennett was jailed for fraud and money laundering after issuing false refunds to several of his friends, stealing £213,000 from his employer, Oak Furnitureland.
read moreInstagram Thief Posted Shoplifting Videos
According to The Sun, a thief gained 18,000 fans on Instagram by posting videos of himself shoplifting.
In one video, the man calmly enters an Iceland store before he quickly snatches a huge box of what looks like Diet Coke, and darts out of the store.
read moreDegree Selfies Could Increase Fraud
According to iNews, new graduates are being urged not to share images of their degree certificates on social media, as they could be used to fuel the million pound fake degree trade.
In a survey of students about to graduate, it was found that 69% were planned to post pictures of their official certificates online.
read moreSelf-Checkout Scams On The Rise
A Guardian article explores the murky exploits of first-time and seasoned shoplifters, as items stolen at self-service tills increased to more than £3bn in 2017.
Some scams have names – “the banana trick”, “the switcheroo” and “sweethearting”, although there are so many techniques in practice that not all of them do.
Tesco Trials CCTV At Self Checkouts
According to The Mirror, Tesco has installed CCTV at self checkouts in a selection of stores as part of a crackdown on shoplifters.
Shoppers’ faces will now appear on screens above each checkout at the stores, with a written warning in each bagging area.
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