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The Coventry Telegraph website reports that a finance director stole almost £1.5 million from a Coventry firm to fund his “expensive tastes”, which included a Harrods loyalty card.

Ashif Zackaria spent £500,000 of the stolen money on at least 180 luxury fountain pens from high-end brands like Mont Blanc and Patek Philippe.

A former treasurer who is in jail for defrauding a Norwich cathedral out of £235,000, has been ordered to pay back just £1 – because he has no assets.

Rene Mugenzi is currently serving 27 months in jail for the Fraud by Abuse of Position, which saw him steal funds over a two-year period.

The Enfield Independent website reports that a bank employee has been jailed for his role in an organised crime group that committed £385,000 of benefit fraud.

Santino Laskowski was present during an attempt to open an account at a bank branch in Barking using fake credentials and a fraudulently-obtained utility bill.

According to the News & Star website, a shoplifter travelled to Carlisle from the North East to steal goods from Tesco worth more than £1,000 on two consecutive days.

Natasha Waddle pleaded guilty to the two thefts – one of £361 on a Monday and then another worth £659 the very next day.

The Oxford Mail website reports that an anti-fraud Santander manager has been jailed for 18 months for targeting the elderly and vulnerable customers during a four-year £179,900 fraud.

Charlotte Mills preyed on the accounts of customers, mostly in their 70s and 80s, that she had met at the branch in Abingdon.

The Mail Online website reports that shoplifting has soared to record levels of nearly a billion pounds a year, according to the latest study by the British Retail Consortium.

Customer theft reached £935 million in the year to March 2020, up a staggering 21% per cent on the previous 12 months.