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‘A former longtime employee of a Lansing Township optometry practice, who authorities say stole more than $100,000 in cash over several years, pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzlement charges and will be ordered to pay restitution.’ Read the full story at Lansing State Journal
‘A student dispensing optician cautioned by police for theft from her employers has been struck off the register in her absence by a General Optical Council (GOC) fitness to practise committee.
It was the panel’s opinion that Robyn Leach’s fitness to practise was impaired because of the caution she received on November 12, 2008 at Fareham police station for stealing from her employer.
Despite the fact that Leach expressed remorse and repaid the money, the committee decided that she had committed a serious breach of trust involving the manipulation of records and the misuse of the employer’s financial system when she was in sole charge. Therefore it concluded that the only appropriate sanction was erasure.’
Unfortunately these stories are all too common.
According to the January 2010 RILA Current Crime Trends Survey:
- 78% of retailers report seeing an increase in amateur and opportunistic shoplifting
- 65% of retailers report seeing an increase in organized retail crime
- 74% of retailers report seeing an increase of stolen items being found in online market places
‘Retailers reported that there were no decreases in stolen items being found in on-line marketplaces, pawn shops, flea markets and traditional fencing operations. Seventy-five percent (75%) of retailers saw an increase of stolen items being found in online marketplaces, 47% in flea markets, 47% in traditional fencing operations and 16% in pawn shops.’
We have done several articles on Employee Theft and prevention, please check them out and put in preventive measures to insure you don’t get ripped off.
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