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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.
Caught 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.
read moreEmployee Refunded Own Account
The Bury Free Press reports that a Halfords employee stole more than £2,300 from his employer by copying customer receipts and paying refunds into his own bank account.
Liam Crook of Bury St Edmunds, pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position at Bury Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
read moreInaccuracies On CVs Are Rising
According to the HR Director website, a growing number of job seekers are including false or inaccurate information on their CVs: a recent analysis of 5,500 CVs found that 70 per cent contained inaccuracies, with 25- to 32-year-olds emerging as the worst offenders.
read moreThief Caught Twice In Four Days
The Mansfield and Ashfield Chad reports that a thief was caught shoplifting from the same branch of Asda twice within four days.
A court heard that on March 15, Costin Valentin Ispir loaded his trolley with goods, worth £318, and walked out without paying. He and a partner did the same thing on March 19.
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