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The BBC News website reports that Stevenage FC’s head of academy recruitment diverted more than £15,000 intended for youngsters’ kit to his own bank account, to fund his gambling addiction.

Ian Morris would bill parents for subs and kit and then give them his bank details rather than those of his employer.

The Northamptonshire Telegraph website reports that a delivery driver agreed to hand over a high-value pallet of Philips electronics destined for John Lewis to men he owed money for a cocaine debt.

Ray Armer was snared when the items were eventually tracked down to an eBay account connected to his associates.

According to the Northern Echo website, a heartless accountant stole more than £250,000 from his employer who was busy caring for his terminally-ill wife.

Christopher Sopp had a position of trust, as a Citroen dealership’s financial director, but paid himself large sums which he hid within the company’s accounts.

The Northern Echo website reports that a man who sold stolen items on eBay benefitted from his crimes by £250,503 over a two-year period.

Malcolm Teasdale sold items stolen from lorries and from an electrical goods shop via an eBay account in his daughter’s name.

The East Anglian Daily Times reports that a trusted food supplier employee stole and sold over 100 cases of butter at knockdown prices.

Suffolk firm Infusions 4 Chefs employed Stuart Clarke as a delivery driver, but within a year he was promoted to a brand ambassador for the wholesaler.

The Yorkshire Evening Post website reports that the head of IT at Sky Betting in Leeds carried out a fraud worth almost a quarter of a million pounds.

For almost a year, Matt Richmond used the company account to order Apple MacBook Pros from suppliers and then sold them online.