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The BBC News website reports that a trustee of an animal charity stole more than £230,000 over a period of nearly six years.

Kevin Proctor – jailed for three years – generated fake invoices for services such as vet care, with the money going straight into his own bank account.

According to the Worksop Guardian website, a former bookkeeper stole an eye-watering £1.4m from her bosses during an 11-year fraud.

Deborah Thorlby-Hall spent the money on luxury holidays, cars and home improvements, and tried to blame the fraud on the company’s managing director and accountants.

According to the Leicestershire Live website, a finance department worker at a Leicester theatre siphoned off £868,000 in just 15 months.

Karen McGowan transferred large sums of money in stages, from the company’s accounts to her husband’s personal account and from there, to her own account.

The Metro website reports that Tanya Liddle, who has been dubbed Britain’s most prolific shoplifter, has been convicted for the 171st time.

Liddle has been arrested almost 400 times and is so well known among shopkeepers in Newcastle she wears an array of hats to disguise herself.

The Metro website reports how a couple who own a Post Office and convenience store have adopted AI technology to address the shoplifting epidemic that was costing them £26,000 per year.

Vince and Fiona Malone went to a technology show to look at options, and they came across the X-Hoppers headsets and cameras.

According to the Fashion United website, recent analysis by Watches2U has uncovered that the UK is at the epicentre of online searches for fake watches.

This development comes in the wake of a 2023 report that identified over one million counterfeit watches circulating in the UK market – 35% of all fake items.