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khrath
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 Posted: 06/16/04 - 00:19 Post subject: Ebay scammer gets slammed.
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| Quote: | A Californian teenager was sentenced to three years for defrauding users of eBay's auction services. The 19-year old, Cole Bartiromo, was ordered to pay $20,000 back to his victims and spend 33 months in prison.
The teenager pleaded guilty in February to putting items up for sale on eBay, collecting payment and not sending out the goods. He was also found guilty of bank fraud for trying to convince a Wells Fargo employee to wire $400,000 to an offshore account he had set up.
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Bartiromo has previous form: as a 17-year old high school student he obtained $1m from investors who believed his claim to offer "risk-free" bets on sporting events. The Securities and Exchange Commission were less convinced and made him pay investors back $900,000. ® |
http://www.theregister.com/2004/06/15/ebay_teen_scammer/
And that is what you call making a legal precedence
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wellspoken
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 00:23 Post subject:
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Good.
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Tura
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 01:04 Post subject:
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Pretty damn impressive though for a 19 year old.
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Aeain
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 01:05 Post subject:
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Ouch.
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Tex
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 01:27 Post subject:
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So he netted 100,000 from the betting scam. He will probably end up spending a few months in prison, so it sounds like he ended up winning in the end.
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Tolanin
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 01:44 Post subject:
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he prolly got a longer sentence for wire fraud.. seems like the 33 months is just for the scamming.. and i know they take wire fraud very very seriously
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-Reneloth-
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Location: Dallas, TX
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 01:46 Post subject:
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| Tolanin wrote: | | he prolly got a longer sentence for wire fraud.. seems like the 33 months is just for the scamming.. and i know they take wire fraud very very seriously |
No wire fraud was commited if you read it. It was attempted wire fraud, if that.
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pyrgomache
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 01:47 Post subject:
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Owned irl =D
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khrath
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 02:11 Post subject:
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there is a law in the US.
You can not proffit from crimes you commited.
He'll lose every dime he made.
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Aluaeia
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 02:14 Post subject:
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Uh, Where's that law printed?
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khrath
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 02:24 Post subject:
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up your moms ass
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Ikkan
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 02:54 Post subject:
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| Khrath wrote: | there is a law in the US.
You can not proffit from crimes you commited.
He'll lose every dime he made. |
That's actually only from other things. It's after being convicted you can't make any money from future things concerning your crime (such as Books, Made for TV Movies, Interviews, etc).
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khrath
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 03:00 Post subject:
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you are wise beyond all that is good and holy
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Roskoe
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 06:11 Post subject:
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| Tex wrote: | | So he netted 100,000 from the betting scam. He will probably end up spending a few months in prison, so it sounds like he ended up winning in the end. |
Yea, getting f****d up the ass by Tyrone for 33 months is winning. 
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Clevinger
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 09:09 Post subject:
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| Khrath wrote: | there is a law in the US.
You can not proffit from crimes you commited.
He'll lose every dime he made. |
that's b******t man, just ask michael milken
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FealornTM
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 09:31 Post subject:
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| Roskoe wrote: | | Tex wrote: | | So he netted 100,000 from the betting scam. He will probably end up spending a few months in prison, so it sounds like he ended up winning in the end. |
Yea, getting f****d up the ass by Tyrone for 33 months is winning. |
He's gonna make that dude on Goatsex (or whatever) look as tight as a nun when Tyrone is done making him his b***h.
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Paco
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 11:29 Post subject:
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| Ikkan wrote: | | Khrath wrote: | there is a law in the US.
You can not proffit from crimes you commited.
He'll lose every dime he made. |
That's actually only from other things. It's after being convicted you can't make any money from future things concerning your crime (such as Books, Made for TV Movies, Interviews, etc). |
actually...
he'll lose the cash he got from the crime..and he can't make money while he's in jail on tv, books, etc..
but once he's out, he can make money off books or whatever, if anyone's stupid enough to buy it...
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pyrgomache
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 12:25 Post subject:
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19 year old white guy+jail+bar of soap incident=...
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Mugaaz
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Posted: 06/16/04 - 13:08 Post subject:
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| pyrgomache wrote: | | 19 year old white guy+jail+bar of soap incident=... |
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