Category Archives: Technology

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.

As reported in The Sun, the owner of a children’s clothing boutique paid herself business cash using the shop’s chip and pin machine.

Katie Lowcock processed fake ‘refunds’ to put cash onto her own personal bank card, and police were called when the card machine’s operators became worried they would not be paid.

Gazette Live reports how a security team in Middlesborough has installed a new, hi-tech CCTV system in the town’s shopping district in the run up to Christmas.

The new, 4k ultra high-definition system will hopefully help staff win the battle against shoplifting – after a notable rise in crime.

According to Mail Online, an IT manager has been jailed for stealing almost £130,000 from his employers so he could ‘fund the extravagant lifestyle of his demanding girlfriend’.

Simon Rey splashed out on goods including flat screen televisions, 40 iPads, laptops and iPhones, charging them to his workplace.