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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.
Bureau De Change Worker Stole £70k
According to the Crown Prosecution Service [CPS] website, a employee stole more than £70,000 from a Travelex currency exchange bureau.
Dubravko Kuftinec abused his position as a sales consultant and carried out numerous ‘ghost’ transactions against protocol when customers were not present.
read moreWilko Bans Serial Shoplifter
The Kent Live website reports that a prolific shoplifter who repeatedly stole beauty products from a Wilko store has been barred from every branch in the UK.
James Bronco Doherty took 20 boxes of men’s Lynx products in one visit, and four days later he walked away with 13 boxes of Nivea cream from the Wilko store in Accrington.
read moreVet Worker Sold Stolen Drugs Online
The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that Abbi Mae Jowers stole animal medications from Vets 4 Pets worth over £17,000 and sold them on eBay.
Jowers, employed as a receptionist, was responsible for making orders for medications and supplies but was purchasing large quantities of extra stock.
read moreHMRC Fraudster To Repay £300k
The Planet Radio website reports that a jailed airport car park boss must repay almost £300,000 in stolen tax or face another three years behind bars.
Brian Pearson stole more than £466,000 from his employees’ Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions (NIC).
read more£225k Fraudster To Repay £23k
The Lancashire Telegraph reports that a financial advisor who stole £225,000 from her employer has been ordered to pay back a tenth of what she took.
June Watson – jailed for four-and-a-half years – stole the money from a company owned by her best friend, and displayed a ‘serious breach of trust’.
read morePregnant Kettle Thief Jailed
The Wilts & Gloucester Standard reports that a pregnant shoplifter who stole a kettle has been jailed for 11 weeks.
Kathleen Shiel, said to be 10 weeks off her due date, had raided Wilko twice in a day, each time stealing a kettle, and two days later she went back to take coffee, tea, sugar and a knife set.
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