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Eric BHow many here have specifically asked if a graded card was altered? It seems to me that the only way to get in trouble is if you know it is altered, then someone asks, and then you say "No". By getting it graded, you avoid getting asked the question.
It's seems quite simple to me. Getting your own card altered, then getting it graded, is not illegal. And then selling it is not fraud if nobody asks if it was altered.
I'm not saying it's right. I specifically stopped collecting expensive baseball cards years ago because I was afraid I could not tell an original from a fake. Now if an "expert" grading service can't either, what can you do?
edited to add my name