Man Caught eBay'ing Stolen Goods from Work

Unfortunately for Grant Ross, he knew no such limits. The cell phones, laptops, and navigation devices he stole from RS Components Ltd didn't just stay in his home for personal use, he was selling them on eBay for a profit.
The company noticed an unusually high loss of stock and received information that some of the company's products were ending up on the auction site. It searched for nearby auctioneers with products that the company carried. Lo-and-behold, "Hoodie 1230" was selling cell phones that R.S. Components was missing. Managers bid on one and opened the package in the presence of police. The serial number matched a part missing from the stock room.
Eventually the investigation led to Grant Ross, who had access to the stock and has now been sentenced to 6 months in prison after pleading guilty to three charges of converting criminal property and three of possessing criminal property. The sentence has been suspended for 2 years and Ross has been ordered to do 200 hours of work without pay.
From icCoventry
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Comments
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Subscribe to commentscaligJun 10th 2008 3:56PM
Why hasn't anyone mentioned the REAL idiotic part of the story. Never mind that he was selling stolen goods. That's all too common. The real kicker is that when he packed it up, and placed the address label for shipping, DIRECTED TO HIS OWN WORK ADDRESS, this didn't ring a bell in his head???!!!!
Terry WagarJan 1st 2009 2:00AM
Eric Carlson and Joan Wagar, A,K,A, Doubleclick and Mrs Dash,( yes those are there nicknames they gave each other.) admitted to poisoning me while I was a plasma donor back in 2005.
Eric Carlson pedofied me behind prison walls and then framed me as a pedophile on march 26th 2007, I caught the crime on a audio recorder I put in Joan's purse.
there were people in authority helping them with this and nobody in authority will help they pretend nothing happened and refuse to investigate this.
Eric Carlson changed his hair color and his name but this is not hidden, only ignored by the authority's and media
I'm disabled from being poisoned and the hospitals refuse to admit I'm poisoned.
My Family is in danger from these people and I have no other recorse but to make these charges public.
My name is Terry Wagar,Im from Portland Oregon and I'm backing up these charges.
I have been threatened with harassment charges by a Sargent Walker, She is a portland police officer stationed at the OHSU hospital, for the non crime of reporting a multi murder conspiracy within that hospital.
They dont give a s4!t Joan and Eric was poisoning a plasma donor!
And how many god damn john ray's in authority are there in portland oregon!
You damn serial killer.
HeathereeeeDec 28th 2007 7:21PM
LOL...What a moron.
ascatalDec 29th 2007 12:44AM
*cough idiot cough*
peninsulaDec 29th 2007 1:19PM
omg... http://www.greatvideo.mactanque.com
twofirst1Dec 29th 2007 1:39PM
Usually the scum bags just go to the local pawn shop and hock everbody elses stolen property but I do know that some of them that are sitting around fugitives from justice under phoney names putting everthing that they can on e'bay and other computor sites trying to raise money for thier expensive drug habbits, real scank bags. Just refuse to get a regular job and pay taxes and pay anything at all for rent just rob everbody else blind.
lollyDec 29th 2007 11:29PM
ohh myyy.
AndreaDec 30th 2007 4:27AM
What's sad is he is not the only one out there doing that. We had a guy at a movie theater I worked at sell all the old film posters for IMAX movies and regular movies on e-bay. He got fired. hum steady paycheck or hoping someone buys a lot of the stuff you post on e-bay. I would go for the steady paycheck myself.
KathyDec 30th 2007 7:59AM
The trouble is the attitude exhibited by the author - "admit it, you all do it" - is out there. I remember being told the cabinet in the hall full of office supplies was for everyone, and encouraged to take what I wanted home for my own use. Well, once I took a pencil home that I actually used at work and I brought it back... it didn't feel right - that is how I was brought up, not to take stuff! Stuff at work belongs at work, and "office supplies" are not bought for you to take home.
SuZyDec 30th 2007 10:08AM
Ebay allows stolen and fakee goods to be posted on its site every day of the week. Buyers are ripped off daily by the scam artists who traffic in stolen and pirated mechandise.Ebay profits off of this activity..it's all about getting those fees. The rules Ebay has are a joke. Anyone who has every been ripped off on Ebay knows exactly what I'm talking about. Ebay needs to be shut down.
JBJGDec 30th 2007 11:27AM
IDIOT WITH A CAPITOL "I"
L. WayneDec 30th 2007 12:03PM
First point, Grant Ross, you're a dummy!You were selling stuff that you stole from your own job! You laughable fool!
Point # 2, When Terence O'Brien says "You all do it, admit it" what that sounds like is that he does it.
I don't steal from work, Most of the people that work in my department don't steal from work, some do. The people that I suspect, or are obviously carrying home "minor items" are passed over for raises and promotions. Supervisors value honesty!You don't win this one. Leave the work materials at work, you'll be better off.
deadacated1Dec 30th 2007 12:18PM
I don't understand why this is newsworthy. Ebay is the biggest operation for fencing stolen goods in the country. Everyday stole stuff is being sold on ebay, and ebay could care less as long as they get their cut.
DrezoDec 30th 2007 6:34PM
What an idiot. I feel guilty taking home an ink pen from work, and this moron steals property from work and then tries to make a profit from it!! Talk about a dummy.
jamiepDec 30th 2007 11:19PM
And this is "news"?
ReevoJan 4th 2008 6:19AM
I Never stoled anything from Work due to having an honest personality. But many people steal every day. it doesn't have to be pens,paper or things like that. time is the Largest Item stolen on a daily basis. If you treat your people honestly and fairly, you won't need Unions or have to worry about theft. unfortunetly, there are very few companies like that. most are run by a bunch of Idiots that don't cultivate Loyalty.
John F.C. TaylorJan 4th 2008 7:36AM
Makes it that much tougher for us legitimate eBay users. hE'S GETTING OFF LIGHTLY WITH ONLY 6 MONTHS.
ElizabethJan 4th 2008 7:37AM
It's obvious this guy is an idiot!! Didn't anyone notice he still gets to work 200 hours without pay (he probably made more money from stealing than his paycheck anyway)and his sentence was suspended..What a nut case for a judge!! This is why people do it again..That's not punishment!! If I caught someone stealing from me I wouldn't have them anywhere near me ever again!! I don't steal!! My parents taught me "you get back what you give".
MurielJan 4th 2008 8:45AM
I resent the idea that everybody does it! If I carry something home forgotten in a pocket, it goes back the very next day. Everyone who steals from their employer likes to rationalize that everyone does it, but it doesn't make it so!
joeJan 4th 2008 8:24AM
our court system is run by bleeding heart liberals, they say there is an overpopulation in our prisons thats why the sentences are so light, the guy probably made at least six months salary selling good, why would he care if he sits around in a jail cell getting 3 squares a day, medical and dental at tax payers money, cable tv, exercise equipement, ping pong, recreation, and no responsibilities. you start giving maximum sentences for these guys then they might worry about it. take away the tv, make them do hard labor, ewww big deal i have to go out in public and pick up trash.. wow.