Source: The Register (IT news)
A convicted eBay fraudster has been ordered to cough up £70,000 (about $123,000 US dollars) or face an extra two years behinds bars.
Simon Hurley sold counterfeit merchandise via the popular auction website. Investigators reckon that between March and December 2003 he flogged some 6,000 items pocketting almost £105,000 (about $185,000 US dollars).
Many of the items he sold – including money clips, cigarette lighters and engraved tankards – featured the crest of Manchester United football club.
In April this year Hurley pleaded guilty to a total of 16 offenses. Appearing in court Hurley was sentenced to nine months and ordered to pay £8,000 (about $14,000 US dollars) in court costs.
England’s Assets Recovery Agency – which works to ensure criminals do not benefit from the proceeds of crimes – also managed to get the court to order Hurley to pay back £70,000 within six months, or face a further two years in prison.