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The Bucks Free Press website reports that a law firm worker has been banned from ever working in the profession again after it was revealed she had falsified her CV.

Sameena Usmani responded personally to a reference request, claimed to be someone else and provided false information to back up fictitious employment history.

On the US edition of the Guardian website, an article reports that people on incomes of $70,000 shoplift 30% more than those earning $20,000 per year.

The article cites one ongoing case of a ‘bait-and-switch’ scam involving two coffee makers, where the suspect paid $8million for an island in the Florida Keys, just one week before his arrest.

According to the Somerset County Gazette website, a shoplifter caught offending ten times in the same shop has been jailed for almost three months.

Thomas Carson Howard admitted nine counts of theft from a Boots store in Taunton town centre, between May and July 2019.

The BBC News website reports that a woman from County Tyrone has admitted stealing £2.3m from her former employer over an eight-year period.

The woman – who cannot be identified – pleaded guilty to 26 counts of criminality in what is thought to be Northern Ireland’s biggest single employee fraud case.

As reported on the Lancashire Telegraph website, a chef pocketed cash from a wedding reception budget, and then tried to blame the bride and groom.

Matthew Patterson-Farnworth was in charge of bookings, but when bosses looked for the proceeds of a reception party, he claimed he had been given a dud cheque.

According to the Halifax Courier website, a “greedy” mum-of-two has been jailed for 18 months for her role in a car parts scam which cost her employer more than £90,000.

Sarah Hardaker had been employed as a sales advisor at the Halifax branch of Euro Car Parts Limited, but an anonymous tip-off led to an investigation into the theft.