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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.

Worker Spent Stolen £6k In A Weekend

According to the Stoke On Trent Live website, a worker stole £6,000 from his employer and blew the lot on clothes and other items in one weekend.

Lewis Moore-Martin entered his work premises using a key, deactivated the alarm, went into the safe and helped himself to £6,000 in cash.

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Letting Agent’s £130k Fraud

According to the Manchester Evening News website, a lettings agent fleeced landlord clients and her bosses out of as much as £130,000.

Joanne Barker secretly defrauded dozens of clients, siphoning money into her own accounts and her personal trainer’s – with whom she was having an affair.

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Asda Worker Stole £26k

The BBC News website reports that an Asda worker stole more than £26,000 over a three-month period, by creating fake refunds.

Aaron Hughes – jailed for a year – used the money to pay for “luxury” shopping trips to Harrods and Selfridges and holidays.

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Staff Account For 40% Of Retail Theft

The Retail Gazette website writes that employees account for 40% of the value of theft across UK retailers, according to new research from Retail Economics and Thruvision. Two-thirds of respondents thought financial pressure due to the cost-of-living crisis had led to a rise in theft by distribution centre staff over the past year. Staff working …

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Lego Thief Netted £3k

The Belfast Telegraph reported that a local man has admitted to stealing more than £3,000 of Lego during a three-month shoplifting spree.

In 11 separate incidents, Peter Stewart stole the popular children’s toy from a range of shops including Tesco, B&M and Smyths Toys Superstores.

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Accountant Stole £35k

As reported on the Manchester Evening News website, an accountant stole more than £35,000 from her employer and gifted large cash sums to her family.

Sarah Cunningham’s fraudulent actions ‘left a trail of destruction’ which resulted in at least five other members of staff being made redundant.

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