Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

A postman has been jailed for stealing hundreds of packages containing valuables and then making £15,500 by selling them online.

Andrew Barratt, took an estimated 400 items such as satnavs, digital cameras and computer games which his wife, Michelle, then auctioned on ebay

Two crooks ‘obsessed’ with selling thousands of pounds of stolen cosmetics on ebay have been jailed.

Dariusz Suski, 32, and Joanna Lazarska, 33, used the auction website to make more than £350,000 in just over a year from luxury perfume and make-up they got from a network of illicit suppliers across England.

The Northern Echo reports that two military men who sold stolen army equipment on ebay have been handed community orders.

Alan Lovett admitted handling stolen goods in respect of a framed Scots Guards sergeant’s tunic, three utility kits, a ration pack, helmet and gas mask.

A judge has condemned a shoplifting family who stole designer clothes and sold them online.

According to the York Press, Dawn Bainbridge and her two daughters stole clothes from high street stores over a four-month period and sold them via Facebook for more than £7,000.

A postman who stole the contents of customers’ mail and then advertised them for sale on ebay has been warned he could be sent to jail.

Mark Cozens even altered a tax disc and displayed it in his own car, magistrates heard.

Cozens was suspected of theft but there was no concrete evidence against him.

A shoe shop warehouseman who made more than £19,000 by stealing and selling his employer’s stock on ebay has kept his freedom, according to Gazette Live.

Kevin Smith sold footwear on the website to feed his family but his illegal cottage industry was discovered in an investigation into significant stock losses in June.