Nicolae Cretanu, 30, his 23-year-old wife, Adriana, and George Titar, who made nearly £300,000 duping thousands of people into buying items that did not exist on eBay, were jailed on Friday for carrying out a “well planned and sophisticated fraud”.

The Romanian husband and wife team would advertise on eBay for variety of items including cars, concert tickets, among others. Most of these goods were imaginary. The couple would then wait till the end of the auction, after which they used to contact unsuccessful bidders and offer a “second chance” for buying.

Posted: 11|4|05 at 4:16 pm. Filed under: Auction News.