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The Portsmouth News website reports that a Royal Navy sailor has been jailed for stealing specialist diver watches and selling them on eBay.

Joshua Cheetham stole a number of the high spec timepieces, which operate at underwater depths of 300 metres, whilst working as a storeman on warship HMS Kent.

As reported on the Daily Record website, a Stirling University employee used a work credit card to fraudulently obtain goods and services worth over £7,000.

Alex Lee’s criminal activity spanned just six months, when she pretended that she was the authorised holder of the credit card to various companies, businesses and retailers.

The Northern Echo website reports that North Yorkshire trading standards officers have tracked down and stopped a £400,000 fake watches operation.

Nearly 1,000 fake watches were confiscated from Watch Cabin Ltd, and James Christopher Lum, the businessman in charge of the operation.

According to the Yorkshire Post website, a woman has been banned from teaching for life after lying on a job application form.

Shivarna Mitra claimed to have worked at a school, but had, in fact, worked at an after-school club.

According to the Birmingham Live website, a pair of shoplifters have been jailed after they staged a “sophisticated, pre-planned operation” to steal clothes from TK Maxx.

Florentina Carcu and Daniela Grama used a device to defeat the retailer’s security measures, working as a team to steal almost £2,000-worth of clothing.

According to an article on The Fashion Law website, a recent survey from the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office [UKIPO] revealed that over 13% of participants claim their purchasing of counterfeit products has been influenced by social media endorsements.