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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.
Three Months To Repay Money or Jail
As reported on the Derbyshire Live website, a former finance manager who stole £17,000 from her employer has 12 weeks to cough up more than £5,000 – or face another prison term.
Teresa Clay handed almost £6,000 of her ill-gotten gains to her son before she was arrested and jailed for taking cash from Farsight Recruitment. in Derby.
read moreFurniture Store Worker Laundered £250k
According to the Swindon Advertiser, a man defrauded almost £250,000 from his employer, with the help of 34 accomplices.
Aaron Kennett was jailed for fraud and money laundering after issuing false refunds to several of his friends, stealing £213,000 from his employer, Oak Furnitureland.
read moreJail For FD Who Stole £600k
According the Mail Online, a finance director has been jailed after admitting to stealing £600,000 from her employer to earn the love of a ‘romance fraudster’ with gambling debts.
Ilyiea Ali siphoned money from Information Security Forum Ltd (ISF), which was was not accounted for because Ali was ‘the person responsible for identifying financial anomalies.’
read moreCouncil Employee’s Overtime Fraud
The Leamington Spa Courier reports that a Warwickshire County Council employee doubled her salary for more than two years by submitting bogus overtime claim forms.
Samantha Owen even went in when she was off sick to fill out the forms, and stole almost £50,000 from the council.
read moreInstagram Thief Posted Shoplifting Videos
According to The Sun, a thief gained 18,000 fans on Instagram by posting videos of himself shoplifting.
In one video, the man calmly enters an Iceland store before he quickly snatches a huge box of what looks like Diet Coke, and darts out of the store.
read morePair Stole Stock Worth £30k
According to Wales Online, a pair of employees betrayed the trust of the company they worked for by stealing more than £30,000 worth of stock.
Robert Curry and Craig Rattenbury stole items including tuna, sweetcorn and chocolate worth £30,320 over an 18-month period.
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