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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.
Woman Took Child Shoplifting
The Bristol Post reports that a woman took an 11-year-old child with her on a shoplifting trip.
CCTV cameras picked up the girl running out of a JD Sports branch with clothes worth £416, and police later located the youngster with Charlotte Cassidy by a BMW car, containing the stolen goods.
read moreSacked Driver Continued To Steal
Chester’s The Standard reports that a delivery driver has been jailed for using his old uniform as cover to steal parcels.
Kristian Fryer had been fired for stealing parcels whilst he was working for Yodel, but went to stores dressed as an employee and staff handed over packages, unaware he had been sacked.
Bank Manager Stole £234k To Pay Blackmailer
Lincolnshire Live reports that a bank manager stole almost quarter of a million pounds from her employer, Halifax Bank, by taking cash held within the branch, pocketing money from cash machines and forging signatures, after being approached by a blackmailer who was making threats against another person.
read moreFraudster Lied On CV To Bag £120k Job
As reported in The Sun, a fraudster who lied on his CV to land a £120,000-a-year job as an oil executive has been jailed.
David Scott said he had three degrees and had written an academic paper, but, in fact, he had no degree and the paper was penned by an American professor with the same name.
read moreFraudster Stole £2.5m From Car Dealership
As reported in the Sunderland Echo, a 24-year-old fraudster swindled millions of pounds from a car dealership, lavishing himself with cars and houses.
Allan Curry devised a sophisticated scheme to siphon off £2.5m from the Evans Halshaw Vauxhall garage, where he worked as an accountant.
read moreShoplifting Gran Disgraced Her Family
As reported in the Derby Telegraph, a 58-year-old grandmother has “caused disgrace to her family” after being caught shoplifting.
Sharon Comery entered Iceland in Ilkeston and began filling her shopping basket with goods, but was also spied on CCTV putting items in her bag as she walked around the aisles.
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