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Teen jailed for elaborate eBay rip-off that he ran while at a Brisbane private school. More: continued here

A man who used the website eBay to dishonestly obtain nearly $40,000 has been sentenced to three years in jail by a Brisbane District Court Judge. More: continued here

Brisbane Times Dear Diary: Year 12 Student Gets Nabbed For eBay Banking SwindleGizmodo AustraliaToday, Heggie pleaded not guilty to 100 charges in court for his part as the mastermind of an elaborate eBay fraud scheme which he pulled in 2009, while as a year 12 student performing his end of school studies. Strangely enough, part…

Suncorp Bank's $2m human error exposed schoolboy's eBay fraudCourier MailA BANK mistakenly transferred $2million into the account of a schoolboy computer whiz who was running an elaborate eBay fraud, a court heard today. Prosecutor Petrina Clohessey told the District Court in Brisbane, the Suncorp Metway Bank's mistake … More: continued here

Attend an eBay seminar March 17 in Fall RiverFall River Herald NewsBy Anonymous The Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a seminar titled “eBay Stores … the future of Internet marketing” on Thursday, March 17, from 7:30 to 8:30 am It will be presented by Cliff Lander in the Chamber's upstairs boardroom, …and…

As part of its partnership with Australia Post , eBay offered discount Express Post satchels last year, but the offer was so popular it sold out in a matter of hours. However, eBay says the deal will return later this year. (more…) More: continued here

Retailer predicts death of Apple retail channel, eBay gets cozy with brandsRegistereBay's announcement that it wanted to become the “online Westfield” – a destination for “big brands” to corner consumers – is a case in point. The idea has been generally accepted as good strategy, and it may be so. It's also been defended on…

SCAM WATCH: Pair convicted of $1.5-million appliance scheme on EBayLos Angeles TimesThey advertised Sub Zero, Viking and Wolf kitchen appliances on EBay at greatly discounted prices but did not ship the products. They are scheduled to be sentenced May 23 at the federal courthouse in Reno. Global warming — The Securities and Exchange … More:…

Autochannel (press release) Can Meg Whitman jump-start her post-eBay career at Zipcar?VentureBeatWhitman was able to generate billions of dollars in value for eBay when she became the company's chief executive in 1998, taking the company from $4.6 million to nearly $8 billion in revenue. But she started to lose her touch as the company began…

Alibaba and the 2236 thievesMinneapolis Star TribuneBy THE ECONOMIST The founders of eBay used to say that their real accomplishment was neither their clever technology nor the marketplace they created. Rather, it was to build trust between people who had never met. Alibaba, China's leading e-commerce …and more » More: continued here