Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

An assistant head teacher stole school text books worth more than £27,000 and sold them on eBay.

Clare Hughes took books from storerooms, classrooms, and even staff members, before selling them online.

A sea cadets volunteer in Northumberland stole a number of kayaks, sails, wetsuits and musical instruments from the organisation and sold them on eBay.

Paul Erskine had got into financial difficulties, and went to steal items worth over £3,000 from the cadets and a neighbouring sports club, which he listed on the online auction site to raise money.

As reported on Mail Online, there is growing trend where brazen shoplifters post their ill-gotten hauls on social media platform, Tumblr.

Growing communities of mainly young women are posting photos – and accompanying hashtags, such as #shoplifting – to advocate the so-called ‘lift life’.

As reported in the Bristol Post, a hospital housekeeper sold stolen medical supplies online to help fund treatment for his autistic son.

Maciej Rodziewicz was rumbled when an eBay customer bought nicotine patches that were marked ‘Property of Bristol Royal Infirmary’.

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.