Other Crimes Conducted On eBay



eBay fraudster faces possible jail | The Register   http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/09/ebay_jail/

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eBay provides backdoor for phishers | The Register 

Touts flood eBay with black market tickets | The Register

Gilbert Vartanian, 33, is accused on selling $100,000 worth of tickets to football, racing and boxing events as well as expensive Rolex watches.  However, those who purchased the tickets and items claim they never received the goods.

eBay scammer indicted for $66k fraud | The Register

An undercover detective met two of the sellers at a Circle K convenience store and handed over $700 in cash for two of the kayaks.  The police then moved in and apprehended the suspects. ®

Eight fined in eBay auction scam | The Register

37 arrested in net gun swoop | The Register

Thirty-seven people have been arrested after the Metropolitan Police seized more than 100 firearms in a crackdown on weapons traded online. Some 700 addresses have been raided over the last four days as officers mounted the UK-wide operation.

In all, 86 handguns, ten rifles, three machine guns, seven shotguns, 13 stun guns and a crossbow were nabbed in Operation Bembridge. Class A drugs were also seized during the raids.

Steve McCabe, MP for Birmingham Hall Green, has called on eBay to pay closer attention to goods for sale on its pagesafter he was able to buy an air rifle on the auction site last month.

eBay Hawaiian skull vendor avoids jail | The Register

Teen eBay fraudster pleads guilty to £45k scam | The Register

eBay domain hijacker arrested | The Register  

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Scammers like him are ripping off users.  eBay could do more to stop them.

THE HEAT IS ON!!!