Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

According to the Stoke Sentinel, Daniel Compton stole more than £100 worth of cheese from a delivery that had been left outside a shop and then sold it on Facebook, using a false name.

The cheese had been delivered to an independent retailer who later saw it advertised on the social networking site.

According to Sky News, police have shut down 28,000 websites selling counterfeit goods to British consumers – more than 4,000 of which were set up using identities stolen from other customers.

One victim unknowingly had her identity stolen and fake websites were set up in her name, selling more counterfeit goods.

According to Worcester News, a fraudster stole more than £100,000 to fund his gambling addiction betraying kind-hearted business owners who treated him ‘like family’.

Kelvin Bradley brought the cable company, Rhinocables, to the brink of ruin, forcing the owners to remortgage their home.

According to the Rotherham Avdvertiser, a supermarket manager stole nearly £7,000 from his company by placing fake electrical orders and then sold the items illegally on eBay.

Martin Copley – who had worked for Tesco for 15 years – ordered nine electrical items including tablets and mobile phones to collect at his store and then requested a refund online.

As reported in The Telegraph, a Royal Marines musician stole £19,000 worth of instruments from his military band and sold them on eBay after he fell heavily into debt.

Adrian Higginson started to steal instruments in March 2015 and took eight saxophones, two clarinets, a cornet, a horn and a Focusrite amplifier, advertising them online under his own name.

According to the Burton Mail, almost £80,000 worth of sat-navs were stolen from Derbyshire car giant Toyota and then sold on eBay by a cleaner.

Juris Jakimjonoks systematically took the systems from the shelves as he walked from the office to the restaurant as part of his cleaning round and admitted he was “motivated by greed”.