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A man who spotted flaws in an online shop has admitted stealing equipment worth £20,000 from the firm. Gavin Brent, from Holywell in Flintshire, then added insult to injury by return the goods, and demanding full refunds, Mold Crown Court heard. Brent, 24, also defaced entries about the company, Ebuyer, on the web-based encyclopaedia, Wikipedia. He was sentenced to 12 months custody, suspended for a year, and ordered to take an offenders' training programme. Prosecutor Myles Wilson told the court that Brent had executed a "sophisticated" fraud. "The defendant is something of a computer expert and he was able to hack into the company web site and change the value of the orders," explained Mr Wilson. "He paid only a fraction of the true price on 37 occasions. "That was not the end of the matter however. The next step was to ask... [read full story]
