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According to the Third Sector website, a former finance officer of a Welsh community regeneration charity has been jailed for defrauding the charity of £54,000.

Gemma Ellen Mason joined the charity NSA Afan in 2006 and and was promoted to finance officer in 2009 after her predecessor in the role retired.

The Argus reports that a dangerous fantasist lied about being a qualified ambulance technician before being paid to look after sick and injured people.

Marc Wolff even bought his own ambulance and equipment and faked documents and uniforms to show he was a genuine medical professional.

According to Metro, a homeless shoplifter burst into tears in court after begging magistrates to jail her so she wouldn’t end up back on the streets.

Julie Drever asked a court to jail her for shoplifting, then broke down and started shouting “Please!”, when it looked as though she would be spared the prison term.

According to The Leamington Spa Courier, a woman stole more than £100,000 from the estate agents where she worked, while she was subject to a suspended sentence for stealing from a previous employer.

Rachel Cefai was promoted fairly rapidly after joining Dunsmore Estates in 2010 and gained a position of considerable responsibility.

According to the People Management website, almost half of organisations are failing to screen potential employees from outside the UK, according to a new survey.

Severe penalties are levied should an employee turn out to be in the country illegally, but 40% of employers said they did not screen international hires, compared to 78% stating that they carried out checks on domestic staff.

As reported in the News & Star, Carlisle police caught people as young as 15 shoplifting in the city during a recent covert operation.

Officers in plain clothes joined constables, PCSOs, retail security staff and CCTV operators for a special operation, during which seven shoplifters were detained.