Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

According to the North Wales Live website, a man stole more than £5,000 worth of van stock and sold it on eBay for bargain prices when his employer wouldn’t give him a pay rise.

Ian James Relish made more than £3,000 over 14 months, selling items he stole from Protect My Property, a company that supplies security items.

The Daily Mail website reports that a plumbing firm’s manager stole almost £80,000 worth of stock and sold it on his unsuspecting wife’s eBay account.

Andrew Clarke – jailed for two years – stole taps, showers and boilers before offering them for sale on the online auction site at 25% off the RRP.

The Surrey Live website reports that a Waitrose worker with a gambling addiction stole £63,000 worth of goods from the store where he worked – to sell on eBay.

Nick Tauwhare took items including boxes of toiletries, razors, chocolate and coffee, along with flat pack boxes, envelopes, stamps and bubble wrap for postage.

The Swindon Advertiser website reports that a trio of tyre fitters stole thousands of pounds-worth of unused stock to sell it on eBay.

Adam Thomas, Ricky Waugh and Matthew Smith devised a scheme to siphon off unused new tyres that were due to be returned to the manufacturer.

According to the Evening Standard website, a Buckingham Palace catering assistant stole a ‘significant quantity’ of medals and official photos of the Royal family and sold them on eBay.

Adamo Canto had been given extra cleaning roles, allowing him access to normally restricted areas.

The BBC News website reports that a Dundee City Council supervisor stole smoke alarms and other lifesaving equipment from his workplace and sold them on eBay.

Over almost four years, Iain Gardyne stole 93 heat alarms, 66 sensors, 40 smoke alarms and 12 heat detectors.