£55k fine | John Lewis worker steals over £45,000 worth of stock to sell online

A former John Lewis worker has been jailed for over two years and ordered to pay back more than £55,000 after he was caught stealing from the retail store.

The John Lewis stockroom worker, Lai Uong, had worked at the department store’s Bluewater site for more than 17 years, and was caught stealing during an internal investigation after the consistent disappearance of tech items.