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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.
A&E Doctor Made Up Qualifications
The Mirror has a story of a doctor who pretended to be a specialist in trauma, orthopaedics and surgery to win work as an expert witness in court cases.
A medical misconduct tribunal ruled that Titus Odedun had “no right to use the various titles he awarded himself” and found he did so “in order to obtain a greater volume of medico-legal work at a significantly higher fee”.
read moreForecourt ‘Mistakes’ To Be Treated As Civil Matter
According to the Falmouth Packet, leaving a petrol station without paying for fuel to be treated as a civil matter by Cornish police.
Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said, “Businesses need to use the civil recovery options already available to recover their losses.”
read moreMD Stole & Sold Own Goods On Ebay
The Daily Record reports that a Managing Director stole goods from his own company – valued at almost £200k – and sold them on ebay.
The owners of Aero Leather Clothing Ltd discovered William Lauder had been selling factory products on the online auction site to the value of £195,000.
read moreShoplifting Affects Us All
An opinion piece in Sheffield’s The Star reaffirms the scale of shoplifting and states that, like the vast majority of crime, the crime is a selfish act which benefits the thief and punishes the rest of us. Shoplifters in the area committed 10,345 offences last year, new figures reveal.
read moreShoplifter Wore Personalised Man U Shirt
Metro has a report of an idiotic shoplifter who was caught after stealing more than £100 of goods from Tesco while wearing a Manchester United shirt with his own name printed on the back.
Paul Robert Benson was caught on CCTV stealing £104.54 worth of produce from a Tesco supermarket in Belfast.
But he clearly forgot he was wearing a Manchester United shirt with ‘Benson 22′ printed on the back of it.
read moreMillionaire Caught Stealing From Tesco
A man has been found guilty of shoplifting meat and wine worth £200 from a Tesco store, despite the fact he is a multimillionaire company director.
Ronan Ghosh was caught on the supermarket’s CCTV stashing goods in a bag. His Birmingham-based recycling company turns over £16million per year.
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