Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

The Essex Chronicle gives details of a gambling addict who embarked on a three-month shoplifting spree that netted her more than £8,000 of goods.

Joanna Daniszewska pleaded guilty to stealing high-end clothing from six different shops in Chelmsford, including Coast, Oasis and Phase Eight.

The Leicester Mercury reports that a ‘professional fence’ who handled stolen goods to sell on eBay was monitored by a nosey neighbour, who kept a log of suspicious late night visits to his home.

The resident in Melton Mowbray, watched doorstep transactions taking place at the home of Darren George McKenzie.

A crooked postman stole computer and video games that he was supposed to deliver to addresses in Inverclyde and then sold them on eBay.

Suspicious bosses caught the thief after setting up a surveillance operation complete with ‘test packages’, a court was told.

As reported by Cumbria Crack, a man has been sentenced for his part in the theft of Pirelli tyres valued at £102,000.

Mark Claxton was in dire financial straits when he stole high value tyres while working at a distribution depot next to Pirelli’s Carlisle site.

According to the Bath Echo, two Network Rail workers admitted conspiring to steal more than £14k worth of company property to sell on eBay.

A scam was unravelled last year when it was discovered that two nail guns stolen from a depot were spotted for sale on eBay, along with numerous other items.

According to The Sun, a shopaholic who sold stolen goods on eBay while fraudulently claiming thousands of pounds in benefits has been ordered to pay back the remainder of her ill-gotten gains.

Kristina Roberts had previously admitted four counts of benefit fraud between 2009 and 2013, and received a suspended prison sentence relating to selling good good on eBay that she had stolen from shops.