Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

The Daily Star has a story of a postman who stole meerkat toys sent through the mail and sold them on eBay.

The popular stuffed soft toys were among the parcels, cash and greeting cards targeted by postal worker Bryan Kidd.

According to the Ipswich Star, a Mothercare worker stole childcare and maternity items worth nearly £12,500 over a three-year period and sold them on eBay.

Hannah Lewis also sold a stolen pushchair to an unsuspecting police officer, telling him she could get the item with a staff discount applied.

A pair have been jailed for 12 months for operating a business where one travelled around the county, stealing goods and then passed them on to his partner who sold them on his eBay account, for a 25% cut.

A woman made more than £240,000 by selling stolen designer handbags online.

Anna Hindmarsh, 40, was found with a de-tagging magnet during her arrest in Stockport and a further investigation found she had used various eBay accounts to sell more than 1,000 high-value handbags over a four-year period.

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.