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According to the Eastern Daily Press, a Halfords employee stole over £3,500-worth of electronics in less than a month to help finance family debts.

Ryan Muir stole items- including sat navs – whilst working at Halfords in Thetford and sold them on eBay, between December 20, 2015 and January 5, 2016.

An interesting article appears on the Business Matters website where business experts and a 2014 global fraud study from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, found that the typical business suffers a 5 per cent loss of profits every year due to corporate fraud.

The article gives an expert’s opinion on internal business fraud, along with advice on what you can do to prevent it in your company.

The Daily Gazette reports that an employee stole more than £112,000 from her bosses to pay her debts and fund a lavish lifestyle.

Gail Perry syphoned off a total of £112,227.35 from her employer – Exceptional Ideas – over a four year period.

As reported on Mail Online, the manager of a Marks & Spencer store in Cambridge stole over £250,000 from his employer to feed his gambling habit.

A court was told that Martin Trenor was employed as a manager for the M&S Simply Food at Cambridge railway station and also had responsibilities for two other outlets.

The Northern Echo reports that a hotel worker stole almost £18,000 from his employer by sending refunds to his own bank account.

Nathan Snowdon, who worked in the restaurant at Aldwark Manor Golf and Spa Hotel, aroused suspicion from colleagues when he began coming into work on days off.

The North-West Evening Mail reports that a prolific thief with 70 previous convictions has been spared prison after a two-month shoplifting spree.

Michael James Lee Rooney stole hundreds of pounds worth of items from supermarket chains Asda, Tesco and the Co-op in the period from June to August.