UK:Worker sacked after eBay theft probe
A WORKER has been sacked after an investigation into stock being sold on internet auction site eBay.
Darren
Turner, boss of Cartridge World, based in Rawtenstall and Accrington,
took the action after police gave a 27-year-old employee an adult
caution.Police said the employee, from Haslingden, had stolen 81 Epsom
printer cartridges worth £1,500 from the Whalley Road store in
Accrington between August 16 and October 10 this year.Officers said
that the worker was suspected to have been selling on the stolen goods
on Ebay.
Mr Turner said the situation had left him angered.
He
said: “It’s awful to think that somebody I trusted could steal from me
and I would warn other businesses, especially small ones, to be on
their guard against this type of crime.”Selling stolen goods is all too
easy with the advent of eBay.”I am not going to let this incident
affect the good work we are doing with schools in Accrington and
environmental action group Civic Pride in Rawtenstall, which we will
continue to support, but it is upsetting when you find yourself a
victim in this way.”Cartridge World planted 500 trees across East
Lancashire last year, winning a Lancashire Business Environmental
Award, and is currently donating money to two green projects.Sergeant
Allen David, of Accrington, police said a 27-year-old employee from
Haslingden had stolen 81 Epsom printer cartridges from Darren’s
Accrington store, in Whalley Road, between August 16 and October 10
this year and had been selling them on eBay.Sgt David said he was
arrested and issued with an adult caution, as it was his first
offence.The worker was then sacked by Mr Turner, following a
disciplinary hearing.