A woman has been convicted of scamming more than $10,000 from Trade Me online shoppers - one of about 50 Trade Me sellers busted each year for failing to deliver the goods.
Katrina Rose Briggs pleaded guilty to four charges of accessing the Trade Me online auction site and obtaining by deception a pecuniary advantage of $10,366.45.
The charges were for each username she used to scam Trade Me members
She listed 26 items for sale between January 2007 and March last year. People paid for the items, including computer software, children's toys and clothing, iPods and a PlayStation 3 console, but she never delivered the goods. The highest value item was a Canon camera, which was sold for $3612.95.
Briggs, 32, of Mangere, previously told the Herald on Sunday she regretted her actions, which occurred during a "tough time" but said she had done it to feed her young children.
