Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

Wales Online reports that an eagle-eyed boss tracked down missing stock items worth £14,000 after turning detective and monitoring eBay for rogue listings.

After three electrical calibrator devices were stolen from a workshop at Baglan power station, a manager trawled listings on eBay looking for the items.

The Carlisle News & Star reported that a man stole specialist equipment whilst working at the Sellafield nuclear plant and sold it on eBay.

Nicholas Hanna – employed as an instrument mechanic – stole two pressure calibrators potentially worth almost £20,000 and then duped a friend into letting him use an eBay account to sell the items.

Kent Online reports that a gambling addict stole car parts from his employer and sold them on eBay during a period of nearly five years, netting over £80,000 in the process.

Robin Lambkin even organised a courier to pick up larger parts from Gefco auto body shop in Sheerness, Kent, whilst taking smaller items in his own rucksack.

The Express reports that an airport worker stole £15,000 worth of jewellery from British Airways over four years, selling the booty on eBay.

Michal Harazinski – jailed for a year – was employed by Gate Gourmet, which is contracted by the airline, and was responsible for loading and unloading boxes off BA flights.

The Chester Chronicle reports that a man who sold fake Pandora charms online has been given a 12 month jail sentence.

Tony McKeating was the subject of an investigation by Chester Trading Standards into the sale of counterfeit Pandora jewellery being sold on an online auction site.

A pair of ‘modern day Fagins’ ran a team of shoplifters targeting retail shops in Birmingham and then sold the stolen items on eBay.

Partners Nicola Wilcox and David Carroll took a huge bounty of stock from a six-strong group of thieves and are estimated to have made more than £40,000 over two years.