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As reported in The Sun, a third of people across the UK wear and use knock-off, counterfeited gear to help save cash.

Fake clothes, fashion accessories, cosmetics and watches are the most popular purchases, making up two thirds of the value of Britain’s black economy.

According to Mail Online, an officer manager lied that she’d just had a baby to avoid prison after stealing £7,700 from work to fund her cocaine habit.

Heather McCarthy used the fictitious birth to make a tearful plea for mercy last November, and was given a suspended sentence as the judge was reluctant to separate the mother from her child.

According to the North Wales Live website, a man stole more than £5,000 worth of van stock and sold it on eBay for bargain prices when his employer wouldn’t give him a pay rise.

Ian James Relish made more than £3,000 over 14 months, selling items he stole from Protect My Property, a company that supplies security items.

The Manchester Evening News website reports a fraudster stole more than £136,000 from a solicitor’s firm using the bank account of an elderly client with dementia.
Sarah Aikenhead stole so much money that the company almost went out of business, spending the cash on holidays, designer clothes and her wedding.

According to the Mirror website, the coronavirus pandemic is a ‘paradise’ for shoplifters who are escaping justice by wearing masks, a store manager has warned.

Claire Saunders claims cocky shoplifters now know they cannot be identified on CCTV cameras because of their mandatory face coverings.

The ‘News in Brief’ section of the Metro website reports that a thief who stole £500 from a 97-year-old in a care home has been spared jail to turn his life around.

Samuel Mwangi had lied about his CV and a police caution to get the carer job, admitted handling stolen property and two counts of fraud.