Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

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.

The Sidmouth Herald reports that a fence was caught selling thousands of pounds of stolen machinery on ebay after an undercover detective posed as a buyer on the online auction site.

The man offered the detective other stolen items and promised he would be getting new supplies of similar tools soon.

A mother-and-daughter crime duo have admitted being part of a shoplifting gang who sold their stolen wares on Facebook.

Dawn Bainbridge, 46, and Claire Bainbridge, 21, took clothing and property from high street chain stores which would then be advertised for sale over the social networking site and on eBay.