Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

As reported on Kent Online, an administrator working at a GP surgery in Ramsgate was caught selling stolen NHS dressings on eBay.

Kirsty Caswell stole thousands of pounds worth of items from the surgery, before her bosses realised.

The Simply Business website reports that almost 50% of SMEs have fallen victim to invoice fraud over the past 12 months, with summer being a particularly common time for fraudsters to strike, as permanent staff take their holidays, leaving less experienced staff or temps to take care of things .

Wales Online reports that a woman made £1,000 a month on eBay selling watches, sunglasses and other goods stolen from a Debenhams store by her security guard husband.

Mari Richards used some of the cash to fund spa treatments in Bath and trips to the Ritz hotel and shopping sprees at Harrods.

The Liverpool Echo carries a story of a supermarket worker who stole £10,000 worth of ink cartridges and sold them on eBay.

James Worrall also helped himself to Blu-Ray discs over the four years he worked at an ASDA store in Bootle.

According to the Linlithgow Gazette, a shop assistant stole £75,000-worth of golf gear from his employer and sold it on eBay.

Ross Ewen made £27,870 selling the designer clothing online at discount prices – and squandered the cash on his gambling habit – getting away with a scam for nearly three years.

The Worcester Observer gives details of Steven Griffiths who worked at DCC Supplies in the city and stole faulty model train parts from the workshop, re-built the models and sold them on eBay.

Griffiths used his daughter’s boyfriend’s information as an alias but his own email address for PayPal.