Call it the equivalent of neighborhood teens strewing toilet paper on your trees on Halloween, but the nuisance stunts of a Romanian hacker who calls himself Vladuz has quite clearly confounded eBay's attempts to stop him from making his presence known on the online auction site. Confident of his ability to breach eBay's security, Vladuz posted early this morning in eBay Germany's forums, displaying Pinkliner status.
Read more http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m03/i14/s02
Thursday, March 15, 2007
eBay DVD pirate nabbed
A man who was selling large quantities of pirated DVDs on eBay has been arrested.
Trading Standards officers, working alongside the Metropolitan Police, raided the home of a 22-year-old man in Canning Town in east London, seizing several hundred discs containing shows such as The Sopranos and 24. Computer equipment was also seized.
Read more http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/112854.html
Trading Standards officers, working alongside the Metropolitan Police, raided the home of a 22-year-old man in Canning Town in east London, seizing several hundred discs containing shows such as The Sopranos and 24. Computer equipment was also seized.
Read more http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/112854.html
Art thief escapes, but dropped eBay receipt leads to suspect
The owner of a center city art gallery said a receipt dropped by an art thief has been traced to a man who worked at another gallery and was suspected of stealing pieces there.
The thief stole an $18,000 Keith Haring screenprint of late German artist Joseph Beuys from the I. Brewster gallery and fled on a bicycle in the March 7 snow.
"We were all running after him," said Nicky Brewster, gallery owner.
Brewster said the name on a printout of an eBay receipt dropped by the thief was traced to the other gallery, and that gallery's former employee fit the description of his thief and had bragged about an association with the late Haring. Brewster said police were looking for the suspect.
The thief stole an $18,000 Keith Haring screenprint of late German artist Joseph Beuys from the I. Brewster gallery and fled on a bicycle in the March 7 snow.
"We were all running after him," said Nicky Brewster, gallery owner.
Brewster said the name on a printout of an eBay receipt dropped by the thief was traced to the other gallery, and that gallery's former employee fit the description of his thief and had bragged about an association with the late Haring. Brewster said police were looking for the suspect.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Norwegian palace put up on eBay
The Norwegian Royal Palace in Oslo went on the auction block this week for a brief time until it was pulled off eBay early Thursday as a hoax.
The last bid received for the stately pile in the center of the capital city was $99,999.99, the newspaper Aftenposten reported.
Read more http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/25681
The last bid received for the stately pile in the center of the capital city was $99,999.99, the newspaper Aftenposten reported.
Read more http://www.imedinews.ge/en/news_read/25681
Canonsburg man to federal prison for eBay fraud
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man who auctioned high-priced electronics on eBay, then did not deliver the goods, was sentenced to federal prison.
Edward Semulka, 41, of Canonsburg, was sentenced to two years in federal prison Thursday and ordered to spend three years on probation once he's released.
Semulka had pleaded guilty in November to wire fraud.
Read more http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-47/1173403445290400.xml&storylist=penn
Edward Semulka, 41, of Canonsburg, was sentenced to two years in federal prison Thursday and ordered to spend three years on probation once he's released.
Semulka had pleaded guilty in November to wire fraud.
Read more http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-47/1173403445290400.xml&storylist=penn
Monday, February 26, 2007
Suspect sought in eBay scam
State police detectives are asking the public’s help in locating a Millsboro man accused of scamming a woman on e-Bay.The suspect, Reginald H. Pimental, 23, is wanted by both state and Laurel police on charges of felony theft by false pretense.
He is also wanted on five outstanding court capiases.State police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Oldham said a 54-year-old Michigan woman placed a bid for a diamond ring on eBay in August and lost the auction.When the woman received a second chance e-mail from the suspect, he provided his phone number, a correct last name but a different first name, Oldham said.
Read more http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070223/NEWS/70223071
He is also wanted on five outstanding court capiases.State police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Oldham said a 54-year-old Michigan woman placed a bid for a diamond ring on eBay in August and lost the auction.When the woman received a second chance e-mail from the suspect, he provided his phone number, a correct last name but a different first name, Oldham said.
Read more http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070223/NEWS/70223071
eBay sacks O'Fallon woman accused of coupon scam
A woman accused of running a counterfeit coupon operation out of her home continued to try to sell items on eBay after she was charged, but by Friday afternoon, she appeared to be out of business.Cynthia Madej, 40, is facing 14 counts of felony forgery after police raided one of her garage sales and discovered thousands of items in their original packaging. Authorities had been tipped off by a suspicious shopper.Police said that in addition to garage sales, Madej used eBay to sell items she got with the fake coupons and also sold the coupons online.
Read more http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stcharles/story/2D61C012E79427418625728C00105ED1?OpenDocument
Read more http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stcharles/story/2D61C012E79427418625728C00105ED1?OpenDocument
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