Sometimes crime really doesn’t pay much, and of course it pays even less if you’re caught. Two of Merseyside’s civilian police workers have been convicted of fraud by a Liverpool crown court, and though the fraud itself amounted to only about £8,500 collectively, the two men are paying a heavy price. 42-year-old Barry Sheils worked […]
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Ebay seller jailed for flogging illegal satellite boxes
A Telford salesman that sold illegal satellite boxes over eBay was placed in jail this week after police caught up with him. Ronald Bladen aged 52 of Madeley was able to make a profit of £2,000 from twenty satellite boxes that he illegally sold on eBay from March of 2012 to November 7th, 2012. However, […]
Ebay fraudster ordered to pay compensation
A man who was convicted of committing three frauds, now has to pay £1,250 as compensation to the people he conned. Nicholas Skinner advertised two Toyotas and a caravan on his eBay account, but when buyers the made the deposit to his account , they never heard from him again. Skinner pleaded innocence to obtaining […]