Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

According to the Bristol Post, twin sisters sold stolen goods worth £300,000 on eBay, in order to fund drug addicts.

Between 2011 and 2016, Lillian Bowers and Helen Thomas turned from hobby eBay traders to selling thousands of stolen items to the tune of some £300,000, after Bowers’ son Dean started to get his mum to sell stolen items to fund his drug addiction.

As reported in Somerset’s County Gazette, an employee stole 2,000 bottles of Estée Lauder fragrance from his employer, worth £203,000 on the high street.

Paul Deacon started selling the bottles of Tom Ford branded perfume for £2 to £3, but then charged between £20 and £30 for the items on eBay.

According to the Derbyshire Times, a desperate husband stole goods from his employer’s work site to help cover the costs of his wife’s IVF treatment.

David Lenthall admitted he had been selling tubes of automotive sealant on eBay for about 18 months because he was suffering with financial difficulties.

According to The Sun, a department store worker stole £3,000 worth of designer clothes and sold them on the black market to fund his drug habit.

Jake Coxon was caught after suspicious managers installed spy cameras in the stockroom of the Manchester branch of Selfridges.

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.