Category Archives: Technology

According to The Sun, tools used by shoplifters to remove security tags from stolen goods could be bought on eBay for as little as £3.

The tools featured powerful magnets, which sellers claimed can disable stores’ security measures in seconds.

According to The Sun, YouTube is hosting videos that teach people how to bypass high street store security alarms and remove security tags.
One shoplifting video showed how to line a bag with foil and clingfilm to avoid triggering alarms. It stated: “This is very effective. Now you can go and steal as much as you can.”

The BBC News website reports that a business analyst has been jailed for stealing more than £700,000 from his employer, Oxford Bus Company.

As one of the staff responsible for recording money on to a computer system once it had been counted, Colin Smart took the sum between May 2010 and March 2017.

According to the Real Business website, invoice fraud is on the rise, as technology brings with it new opportunities for fraudsters as well as for legitimate businesses.

Recent research found that UK SMEs are losing more than £9bn through invoice fraud every year, amounting to £1,658 per SME.

Mail Online asked whether Dragos Patrunjel is Britain’s most stylish shoplifter, as it reported his arrest in Tesco for stealing sunglasses.

When police raided his home they found piles of designer garments which he had stolen, including £1,100-worth of clothes from Hugo Boss.

The Independent website reports that Henry Bolton, the leader of UKIP, has been forced to admit that he lied on his CV.

Bolton’s LinkedIn profile stated that he had received a BA from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst but Channel 4 revealed that qualification did not exist.