Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

According to Wales Online, the deputy manager of a designer menswear store in Cardiff stole jackets worth more than £1,000 before selling them online.
Scott Jones was caught after the German manufacturer contacted the distributor, who then set up a trap on a Facebook page.

Two soldiers and an accomplice have been sentenced for ‘stealing to order’ more than £45,000 of state-of-the-art equipment from the SAS.
Sergeants Craig Davenport and Stephen Suffield took items from MoD stores, which they passed on to Andrew Stevens, who sold them through contacts made on eBay.

The Belfast Telegraph reports that a mother accused of shoplifting on a near daily basis received up to $100,000 (£83k) selling the goods on eBay.

Deirdre McKeown travelled around N. Ireland stealing toys, beauty products and other items which she then immediately advertised on the auction website.

According to Kent Online, an officer who stole police equipment was collared when detectives took to eBay to find the missing items.

PC Paul Withrington had been stealing for two years and stolen gear was found in his police van and even his lunch box, Canterbury Crown Court heard.

A former soldier who stole tens of thousands of pounds worth of stock from work to sell on eBay has walked free from court as a court heard he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. ThisIsWiltshire.co.uk reports that Scott Spencer took high value watches, electrical items and other stock from the warehouse of the Cotswold Outdoor Centre, in Kemble

According to Your Local Guardian, a former security manager at upmarket department store Bentalls in Kingston made £50,000 by selling designer goods stolen from the shop.

Daniel Clarke used eBay to run a business called PartTimeTrader that specialised in selling handbags, perfumes and clothing.