Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

According to Wales Online, a woman made £1,000 a month on eBay selling watches, sunglasses and other goods stolen from Swansea’s Debenhams store by her husband who was a security man there.

A jury has been told that 37-year-old Mari Richards used some of the cash to fund spa treatments in Bath and trips to the Ritz hotel and shopping sprees at Harrods in London.

A warehouse worker stole returned kitchen goods from his employer then sold them on eBay.

Mark Livesey worked in the warehouse area where returned stock and rejected fixtures and fittings were kept. He took the goods, reconditioned them and they were sold via his ex-girlfriend’s eBay account.

A logistics company owner who stole Jaguar parts and sold them on eBay has been jailed for 12 months.

Peter Barker collected five vehicles which had been imported from the USA and took them home where he removed parts including carburettors, manifolds, lights and dashboard panels.

An online trader who was selling counterfeit car accessories for high range BMWs and Porsches has been given a conditional discharge after pleading guilty at court, according to Belfast Live.

In a two-year period, investigations show he had in excess of 8,800 sales on eBay with a total value of more than £80,000.

According to Pendle Today, a Sainsbury’s supervisor stole almost £2,500 with a refund trick, then bought expensive goods to sell on ebay.

Thomas Grice – who claimed he was in debt due to credit cards and loans – scanned items in the store and put their value on gift cards.

The Daily Record reports that a Managing Director stole goods from his own company – valued at almost £200k – and sold them on ebay.

The owners of Aero Leather Clothing Ltd discovered William Lauder had been selling factory products on the online auction site to the value of £195,000.