Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

According to the Hull Daily Mail website, a thief who stole stock from his employer and sold it online, was caught out by leaving his computer logged in to eBay during his lunch break.

Patrick Reilly stole the stock and also charged the courier delivery costs back to the company, in a fraud worth close to £10,000.

According to the City Of London Police website, a haul of 2,361 counterfeit watches has been seized by police during raids in Leeds.

Jeremy Smith sold the watches from an eBay account and two websites but at a court hearing there was no evidence to suggest that he knew they were fake.

The Mail Online website reports that a charity worker sold Alton Towers and Legoland tickets meant for terminally-ill children on eBay in a scam that netted her £30,000.

Heidi Bucknall – jailed for 26 months – used dead youngsters’ names to fraudulently claim the cash over a six-year period.

The Mail Online website reports that a pharmacist stole £15,000-worth of prescription weight-loss drugs and shingles vaccines to secretly stock up an online business.

A court heard how Modie Al-Shakarchi set up the fraudulent business to ‘prove himself’ to his high-achieving family.

According to the Guardian website, Chinese authorities, working with UK police and agencies, have targeted Pandabuy, the online sales platform accused of supplying counterfeit goods.

Police raided the Hangzhou office and several warehouses of Pandabuy after reported legal action by 16 brands over copyright infringement.

According to the Independent website, a recent report shows that the UK retail sector lost £11.3 billion to payments fraud in 2023.

Retail businesses lost an average of £1,394,518 each to fraudulent activity, with luxury fashion retailers losing an average of £2.8 million.