Four years in jail for eBay golf club fraud

THE ringleader of a gang behind a "highly sophisticated and profitable" multimillion-pound operation to sell fake golf clubs on eBay was jailed for more than four years yesterday.

The conspirators sold tens of thousands of items of golf equipment and more than $3 million US dollars was paid into their PayPal accounts during this period in the largest fraud of its kind uncovered on eBay.

Most of the counterfeit golf clubs were made in China.

Mark Lewis, eBay UK MD, said: "This has been a long and complex investigation and our Fraud Investigation Team has worked tirelessly with Havering Trading Standards to help bring about today's result.'