Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection
Thief Teamed With eBay User To Scam Employer
The Kidderminster Shuttle reports that a courier firm worker stole £5,500 worth of hard drives from his employers because he was struggling financially.
To help ease his troubles, Konrad Prusinski started pocketing Samsung solid state hard drives at the end of his shift.
read moreCider Worker Stole Stock
The County Gazette reports that a trusted worker at a Thatchers Cider factory was caught stealing stock and getting orders sent directly to his home.
Colin King had worked at Thatchers for five years and was responsible for handling email orders and customer deliveries.
read moreEx-Cop Stole £15,000
The North Wales Live website reports that an ex-police officer has been jailed for defrauding a shooting estate of £15,000.
Desmond Downs was employed to expand the sale of all terrain vehicles (ATVs), and was given passwords to eBay and PayPal accounts, a court was told.
read moreWorker ‘Stole’ 41m Loyalty Points
The Telegraph & Argus website reports that a Morrison’s employee loaded 41 million points onto two bogus loyalty card in a £42,000 fraud.
Nathan King worked in the customer services department at the supermarket giant’s Bradford HQ and used the scam to buy expensive electrical items that he sold online to pay off debts and treat his family.
read moreGran Stole £180k Over Ten Years
The Wales Online website reports that a grandmother who worked for a building society for two decades stole more than £180,000 from her employer.
Claire Free fraudulently used nearly 150 cheques and transactions, and was caught after a customer complained that over £9,000 had been taken from his dead father’s account.
read moreWorkforce Shrinks After Fraud
The Lancashire Post website reports that the workforce of a family-run TV firm has been left a third smaller after a couple defrauded the company of tens of thousands of pounds.
Karen Corless and Colin Vernon received a suspended jail term and 150 hours of unpaid work respectively, after stealing cash and TVs.