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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.

Charity Treasurer Stole Over £800k

According to the Bracknell News website, a charity treasurer stole more than £800,000 in donations by taking raffle tickets from a lavish gala dinner attended by international superstars.

Amanda Bishop – jailed for five years – kept money intended to help GroceryAid, having volunteered with the Sandhurst-based charity for nearly a quarter of a century.

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Webcam Model Obsession Cost £250k

According to The Independent website, an accountant’s obsession with a webcam model led him to steal almost £250,000 from his football club employer.

Andrew Barnbrook secretly transferred the money from AFC Fylde to his personal bank account for up to two and a half years before he was finally caught.

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Businessman Blasts Justice System

The Manchester Evening News website reports that the British justice system has been described as an ‘absolute joke’ by a business owner who was scammed by an employee for £5,000, just nine months after she was spared jail for another £22,500 fraud.

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CV Fraudster Took Travel Chief’s Details

The Travel Weekly website gives details of a fraudster who lifted the career details of a sales chief, added them to his own CV and started applying for jobs in the industry.

Luke Smith was alerted by a travel industry colleague that a man calling himself ‘Hugh Harben’ was applying for roles using information taken from Smith’s own LinkedIn profile.

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Fraudster Paid Himself Double Salary

According to the Shropshire Star website, a financial controller stole almost half a million pounds from the firm by paying himself a double salary and ‘bonuses’ – for six years.

Johnathan Darren Lucas admitting defrauding his employer, SP Services UK Ltd, of £443,887, between 2011 and 2017.

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Thief Stole To Take Son On Holiday

According to The Sun, a brazen thief stole £46,000 from her boss to take her son on holidays – whilst being investigated about the theft of £122,000 from her previous job.

Accounts assistant Natalie Johnston bought her son holidays to Rome, Ireland and the Lake District.

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