Mastro pleads guilty

calvindog · #1 12-01-2012, 08:41 AM

Perhaps the only person who should be arrested for fraud in the hobby is the guy who made the most money stealing?

I think Bill and Doug in jail will provide some deterrence for other fraudsters. There are also federal criminal cases ongoing for game-used uniform fraud. You can't expect everyone bad in this hobby to get arrested because a) many more federal agents and prosecutors would need to be hired; and b) there would be like 12 people left in the hobby. This is the first time in years in which the feds have gotten involved in our hobby and it surely has helped stop some (but not all) of the fraud. And I'm sure there are other criminal investigations going on right now of other types of fraud in the hobby.

Leon · #2 12-01-2012, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by calvindog

Perhaps the only person who should be arrested for fraud in the hobby is the guy who made the most money stealing?

I think Bill and Doug in jail will provide some deterrence for other fraudsters. There are also federal criminal cases ongoing for game-used uniform fraud. You can't expect everyone bad in this hobby to get arrested because a) many more federal agents and prosecutors would need to be hired; and b) there would be like 12 people left in the hobby. This is the first time in years in which the feds have gotten involved in our hobby and it surely has helped stop some (but not all) of the fraud. And I'm sure there are other criminal investigations going on right now of other types of fraud in the hobby.

I think the oversight that we get now, and the threat of it, is great for the hobby. Too bad it took a state scandal many years ago to start it (I think that's about when it started). And Jeff, come on, 12 people left? I could count at least 15.....well, maybe 14.

Peter_Spaeth · #3 12-01-2012, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by calvindog

And I'm sure there are other criminal investigations going on right now of other types of fraud in the hobby.

Cool, more opportunities for defense lawyers!!

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