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A selection of news stories from across the UK, relating to civil recovery, retail theft, employment screening, online fraud and other subjects relevant to the services and crime deterrent solutions that CRS can offer your business.

Manager Stole To Fund IVF

According to the Northwich & Winsford Guardian website, a holiday park manager defrauded her company out of nearly £20,000 to pay IVF treatment debts.

Joanne Pirie had been taking customers’ money and transferring it to her personal bank account, where she kept the funds.

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Fraudster To Repay £75k

According to the BBC News website, a woman who stole almost £120,000 from a Sunderland school has been ordered to pay some of the money back.

Joanne Anderson was responsible for managing the financial budget of the school, and forged the signatures of senior staff on at least 409 cheques.

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Payroll Assistant Stole £85k

According to the Hull Live website, a payroll assistant stole nearly £85,000 after she “hijacked” her employer’s bank payments system and made more than 200 bogus payments to herself.

Angela Hunter exploited the system for nearly three years, after a change was implemented during lockdown.

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‘Organised Crime’ Target Garden Centres

The BBC News website reports that a small chain of garden centres have been targeted by an “organised crime” gang of shoplifters.

Bosses at Tates of Sussex said it had to spend thousands of pounds hiring a security team following a big rise in the number of thefts committed.

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RAF Chief ‘Fiddled Expenses’

The Sun website reports that an RAF chief based at the Pentagon allegedly fiddled his expenses and stashed thousands in a secret bank account.

Wing Commander Alex Drysdale claimed overseas rent allowance of £2,408 a month for a property he already owned.

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Thief Stole 50 Times From Two Shops

As reported on the This Is London Local website, a thief has been charged with stealing from two Harlow shops 50 times over a four-month period.

Dawn Brooker was arrested following the theft of products worth an estimated £4,300 and charged as part of police efforts to “protect shops and businesses in Essex”.

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