billyray911

iTrader: (4)

Received this today and initially thought it was a scam.However,the email address rang true and then i remember receiving an message alert from ebay.They said that someone had been fraudulently selling items using my and many others' account.This didnt affect my ebay or paypal account and i didnt receive any negative feedback from anyone,so i just changed my password and moved on.
But behind the scenes,there was obviously an active investigation and seems like Mr Herring was a busy boy.Have googled him and there is mention of him
Nice to get a result from the b.i.b.

Firstly, Thankyou all for your responses. Once again, I'll apologise for not contacting you personally but owing to the scale of the fraud it has just not been feasible and therefore the most practical way of contact is the completion of a blanket email to everyone.

On the 20th May 2009, the suspect in this case Ryan HERRING was charged with 6 specimen charges of "Fraud by False Representation" and wishes to take another 408 offences into consideration. His first court appearance will be on Friday 29th May 2009 at Doncaster Magistrates Court.

Basically, Mr HERRING has made full admissions to his fraud activities over the last 2 years and has created a number of Ebay Accounts resulting in the advertising of 1000's of items and the subsequent sales where you've become victims. In view of his admissions the Crown Prosecution Service decided to charge initially with 6 specimen charges that cover the full 2 year period and too allow other offences to be taken into consideration. Based on the replies I received via email from yourselves I have completed a schedule to include the 408 similar offences to be taken into consideration.

I have spoken to the complainants in relation to the 6 charges and so if you havn't received a telephone call from me in the last 2 days, assume that your complaint is one of the 408 other offences.

I hope I have explained the procedures involved and not drifted into "police" jargon ! If you have any questions or concerns please email me.

One concern you may have is "will you need to attend Court". Given that Mr HERRING has admitted his crimes it is very unlikely that any trial will take place and therefore you will not be required to attend Court.

Thanks Again.

Regards.
(OIC name removed by me!)

Timwinner

iTrader: (3)

Top result, Lets hope the sentence is a good one, You can phone up the court on the working day following the hearing to find out what happened.

Andy-C

I was one of those scammed - hope the ba$tards ***** fester and fall off

psigeek

iTrader: (17)

408 TICs. That sounds like an admin nightmare. Good result though!

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

i like the 400 cases to put into consideration,in other words 400 cases cant be solved,lets pin them on a dude who can take the rap.

congrats and good to see something being done

billyray911

iTrader: (4)

Thats the South Yorkshire CID department detections for the year sorted.Sure the OIC will get a quality achiever cheque book and pen from their Superintendent

Nurse Gladys

Unfortunately this guy will probably get a slap on the back of the legs and told to run along.

Only last week a guy that had a unit in our yard was in court - £96k of fraud - taking peoples money in return for building horse boxes - that never materialised!

Also insurance fraud by setting fire to his buildings / vehicles & claiming.

He admitted all charges (having previously done time for burglary & firearms offences) but this time got 2 year suspended sentence. Theres justice for you.

Anyone want a horsebox?

Snazy

40 hours community service and a ban from Ebay should sort that out (in the eyes of the British court system)

Good to see they do follow these things up though.

What makes me laugh is that anyone who DID get negative feedback will probably at best have "mutually withdrawn" on their feedback now, or I would expect an email from Egay saying "we cannot change feedback"