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The Island Echo website reports that a holiday park employee stole more than £13,000 by simply refunding business transactions onto her personal bank cards.

Kathryn Lucas made the fraudulent transactions over a period of less than two years, and initially claimed her family were being chased by loan sharks.

As reported on the BBC News website, a bookmakers’ manager stole thousands of pounds from his employer to fund his worsening gambling addiction.

Daniel Cassidy admitted stealing £9,500 from his employer and he was sentenced to an 11-month, suspended jail term and ordered to pay £5,000.

According to the Advertiser and Times website, four thieves snatched hundreds of pounds of meat from a family-run local produce store in New Milton.

Staff at Ferndene Farm Shop were stunned after being targeted during a quiet afternoon the quartet who stole the high-value goods in minutes.

The Mail Online website reports that a charity worker sold Alton Towers and Legoland tickets meant for terminally-ill children on eBay in a scam that netted her £30,000.

Heidi Bucknall – jailed for 26 months – used dead youngsters’ names to fraudulently claim the cash over a six-year period.

As reported on the Mail Online website, a council employee stole more than £1 million from his local authority employers and spent it on foreign holidays, meals out and luxury goods.

Michael Paterson – jailed for four years – took the huge amount of cash over a 17-year period, and claimed he stole to pay off his debts.

As reported on the Teeside Live website, a manager at a haulage company stole £37,209 after staff began working from home during the COVID pandemic.

Andrea Lakey was allowed to take the firm’s banking device home, and was responsible for processing the payroll of two companies, with the same owner.