Richard Kirk Kirk hacked into more than 300 eBay users’ e-mail accounts after cracking their passwords. He then stole money from his victims’ usually secure PayPal accounts. He transferred money from PayPal into hundreds of his own accounts, and then used the stolen cash to buy valuable items, including gold bars. Kirk was jailed for three and a half years for fraud and theft committed between 2008 and 2010. Nottingham Crown Court heard he stole more than ..180,000 to buy gold jewellery, gold bullion bars and a Mitsubishi Shogun car.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2011/02/richard-kirk-hacked-into-more-than-300.html