Policeman arrested for selling stolen electronic equipment on eBay faces jail

[mandy]

A serving policeman who tried to sell £9,000 worth of stolen electronic equipment on eBay faces jail.

PC Colin Powell knew the MP3 players and computer parts had been stolen from a cargo warehouse at Heathrow Airport...

Powell put up the items for sale on eBay, at first using his badge number PC570TW as his sign-in name, and then using the name gooner1UK.

He was caught after Inovix staff noticed the MP3 players advertised on the site when they had not yet been released for sale, the court heard...

full article: http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=CZ2827599U&news_headline=bent_cop_tried_to_sell_stolen_goods_on_ebay

using his badge number PC570TW as his sign-in name,

[bud]

Still registered too.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=gooner1UK