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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.
Security Guards Faked Heist To Steal £7m
The Slough & South Bucks Express reports that two men who faked a robbery to steal £7million for themselves have been found guilty of conspiracy to steal.
Former security guards Mohammed Siddique and Ranjeev Singh staged the robbery while working for a cash handling company in an attempt to steal 19 bags of cash which was due to be transported to the Bank of Ireland.
read moreThief Stole Cheese To Sell On Facebook
According to the Stoke Sentinel, Daniel Compton stole more than £100 worth of cheese from a delivery that had been left outside a shop and then sold it on Facebook, using a false name.
The cheese had been delivered to an independent retailer who later saw it advertised on the social networking site.
read moreShoplifters Steal £800m Per Year
As reported on Jewellery Focus, Britain’s shops collectively lose £800m per year due to shoplifting, according to new research.
The Metropolitan Police had the highest number of shoplifting offences, at an astounding 47,580 – the equivalent of 130 incidents a day
Manager Stole £22k To Fund Coke Habit
According to the GetSurrey website, a former pub manager has avoided prison despite stealing more than £22,000 from his employers to fund his cocaine habit.
Martin Slocombe, former manager of The Blue Ball in Walton-on-Thames, only had his criminal activity uncovered after he failed to attend a meeting of pub managers.
read moreHi-Vis Shoplifter’s Brazen Theft
A story on Mail Online shows a video of a shoplifter brazenly stealing a trolley-load of groceries whilst wearing a high-visibility vest.
The thief is being hunted by police after casually strolling out of a Sainsbury’s store with a trolley filled with items, with a value of more than £500.
read moreManager ‘Almost Ruined Employer’
Gazette Live reports that a former office manager almost ruined her employer by embezzling £48,000 in bank transfers and cash over a two-year period.
Nicola Leadstone pocketed about £500 a week belonging to a small Middlesbrough family company, Heatpac, almost sending it into liquidation.
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