Ebay trader fined for shill bidding

An eBay trader has been fined around £5000 and received a community service order for bidding on his own items in an attempt to boost their final selling prices. The processes, referred to as shill bidding, which is a fairly common practice, but now that people are catching and those behind the illegal practice are [...]

British rugby star jailed for EBay fraud

British rugby star Gareth Raynor has pled guilty on charges of fraud and counterfeiting, and has been sentenced to a total of 15 months in jail by Judge Roger Thorne QC of the Hull Crown Court.

The jail term, which began this month, will probably end Raynor’s career in rugby, but Judge Thorne said that he [...]