Category Archives: Technology

The Birmingham Live website reports that a Santander employee scanned bogus passports and photocopied documents in a bid to help others fleece customers.

Amila Haputantridge was employed in a customer-facing role and his job involved a high degree of trust, dealing with customers’ personal details and bank accounts.

The Wired website reports that branches of Co-op in the south of England have been using real-time facial recognition cameras to scan shoppers entering stores.

In total 18 shops from the southern Co-op franchise have been using the technology in an effort to reduce shoplifting and abuse against staff.

According to the Peterborough Matters website, a police officer scanned a 7p barcode for carrots instead of a £9.95 box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts.

PC Simon Read was on duty and in uniform when he purchased four items from Tesco – a tray of 12 doughnuts, the carrots, a sandwich and a drink.

According to the Independent website, a police officer has been sacked and barred from the professions after being caught stealing £75-worth of food from a branch of Sainsbury’s.

When the constable – who cannot be named for legal reasons – was stopped by security staff at the Sainsbury’s in Bristol, he told them: “I was being a bit cheeky and thought I would chance it”.

The Mail Online website reports a £25,000-a-year finance manager stole from his employer – furniture company Dunelm – to fund his ‘out of control’ gambling habit.

But Tom Eaton was treated like a VIP by the betting company Betsafe and was gifted cash bonuses, Premier League tickets and a night in a four-star hotel.

According to the Eastern Daily Press website, a Great Yarmouth hotel owner installed a secret camera to apprehend an employee who had been stealing cash from the business.

David Tumber – a chef at The Star hotel – was filmed stealing from the float and tips jar over a four-day period in July 2019.