Category Archives: Online Fraud Detection

The BBC News website reports that a council supervisor stole smoke alarms and other equipment and sold them on eBay to try to pay off a £65,000 gambling debt.

Iain Gardyne stole more than 200 separate items over a four-year period, which had an estimated value of between £5,000 and £10,000.

According to the Yorkshire Live website, a gambler became so desperate for money he resorted to selling his employer’s company car.

Less six months after joining the company, Adnan Afzal asked the fleet manager for the vehicle’s logbook and told him that he was applying for a parking permit.

According to the Eastern Daily Press website, a woman sold stolen items on eBay including hundreds of pounds worth of cosmetics shoplifted from Boots.

An audit of Rose Willingham’s internet history found links to shoplifting research, and £11,500 passing through her PayPal account.

As reported in The Sun, a third of people across the UK wear and use knock-off, counterfeited gear to help save cash.

Fake clothes, fashion accessories, cosmetics and watches are the most popular purchases, making up two thirds of the value of Britain’s black economy.

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.