Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

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.

According to The Sun website, crooks are using wheelie bins to raid stores as a shoplifting epidemic plagues Britain.

A recent report details how criminal gangs are using builder’s sacks, bins and suitcases in order to swipe more goods from shops.

As reported on the Independent website, a former British Museum curator who allegedly stole and damaged artefacts has been ordered to return any he may have.

Dr Peter Higgs was dismissed for gross misconduct in July 2023 after more than 1,800 items were found to be missing, stolen or damaged.

According to the Manchester Evening News website, a single mum stole £50,000 worth of designer goods before selling them on social media.

Elle Makin sold the pilfered goods – including items from brands such as Moncler and Fendi – over Instagram, having falsified dozens of fake deliveries.