An eBay scammer is jailed for fraud that totalled 38,500 pounds
Shumon Ullah was sentenced to jail for two years and eight months after Burnley Court heard his money making scheme which involved offing electrical equipment that was valued at 230,000 pounds for sale on the auction site but not delivering any goods once they sold.
When he started to get negative feedback, he simply turned to his neighbour?s details and continued forward with the fraudulent sales.
When unhappy buyers started to complain that they had not receive their purchases, Ullah responded with abuse filled comments stating that he was bankrupt and could not reimburse them despite the fact that the opposite was actually true. Eventually, disatisfied customers called on the police for aid who preformed a thorough investigation that proved Shumon Ullah was behind the scam.
The defendant, who is from Newchurch; previously pled guilty to 24 counts of fraud back in September of 2007. Upon sentencing Recorder David Heaton stated that the sentence of jail time was meant to punish him for deceiving his customers and to deter others who might have the same type of ideas. The judge went on to state that Ullah no doubt cost the police since the investigation was expensive and time consuming.
Prosecutor in the case, Jeremy Grout-Smith states that Ullah was able to gain the trust of eBay consumers by selling a numerous amount of small items first which he delivered in a prompt manner. Once his ratings were up on the website and he had a reliable status as a trader, he begin to offer higher priced items that he obviously had no intention of ever delivering to buyers.
He only accepted payment to his own bank account because Paypal provides a money back guarantee for eBay purchasers if they do not receive a package from eBay.
