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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.
Solicitor Impersonated HMRC Officer
The Surrey Comet reports that a former solicitor pretended to be an HMRC officer in order to gain information about the disciplinary investigation that struck him off.
Paul Baxendale-Walker of Hersham was struck off as a solicitor at a tribunal hearing in 2007 and then used a false name to write to the Law Society on what appeared to be HMRC-headed paper.
read moreJilted Man Stole ‘For Sympathy’
According to Chad, a man went on a shoplifting spree in Mansfield after his girlfriend dumped him.
Mihai Talian stole clothes from Sport Direct and River Island worth £142 after a telephone call with his girlfriend in Romania ended with her informing him that she had formed a new relationship.
read moreStolen Sea Cadets Kit Sold Online
A sea cadets volunteer in Northumberland stole a number of kayaks, sails, wetsuits and musical instruments from the organisation and sold them on eBay.
Paul Erskine had got into financial difficulties, and went to steal items worth over £3,000 from the cadets and a neighbouring sports club, which he listed on the online auction site to raise money.
read moreCaught With A Boot-Full Of Baby Milk
The Mirror reported that three Romanian shoplifters caught with a boot load of baby formula milk powder have been spared jail time.
An off-duty police officer spotted the trio sneakingmilk out of a Co-Op in Woodbridge, took photographs of their car and then alerted his colleagues.
read moreThieves Post Hauls On Tumblr
As reported on Mail Online, there is growing trend where brazen shoplifters post their ill-gotten hauls on social media platform, Tumblr.
Growing communities of mainly young women are posting photos – and accompanying hashtags, such as #shoplifting – to advocate the so-called ‘lift life’.
read moreShoplifter Stashes Haul In Clothes
The Sun ran a story with an embedded video that shows how a shoplifter had stashed a phenomenal number of stolen items about her person.
When the woman was asked to empty her pockets of her booty, she started by putting a couple of small items in the trolley then went on and on and on.
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