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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.
Business Leaders Fear Fraud Rise
According to the IFA Magazine website, a recent survey shows that business leaders are worried that worsening economic conditions are driving up financial crime.
Fraud was the third highest-ranked risk this year, with theft/improper spending of company money and false accounting and reporting also appearing in the top 10.
read moreLetting Agent Stole £40k
According to the BBC News website, a letting agent stole more than £40,000 by making small payments to herself and listing them as legitimate purchases.
Amber-Louise Milne spent years stealing from BS Properties and was caught when she used the company bank card during a holiday in Benidorm.
read morePolice Saw Shutters For Fakes
According to the Manchester Evening News website, police officers in Oldham sawed through shutters to uncover and seize a haul of fake designer shoes and accessories.
Piles of boxes of suspected counterfeit footwear were removed and two men were arrested on suspicion of trademark offences and money laundering.
read moreShoplifting Offences Doubled In 2023
According to the Sky News website, shoplifting has hit a record high with 16.7 million incidents recorded in 2023 – more than double compared with 2022.
Theft cost retailers about £1.8bn – also a record – and this is the first time it has passed the £1bn mark, according to an annual survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
read moreAssistant Manager Stole £8,500
The Dorset Echo website reports that the assistant manager of a plumbing supplies firm stole nearly £8,500 from his employer to pay back his drug debts.
Carl Price made two large fraudulent transactions in one month – refunding legitimate purchases by a customer into his own bank account.
read moreBrazen Thief Avoids Jail
The Wales Online website reports that brazen thief was caught red-handed stealing from a shop for the sixth time – but was spared prison.
Ricky Tinsley walked straight out of a Co-op with armfuls of stolen goods, just as a beat police officer arrived at the store.
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