Mastro sentenced

[calvindog]

No restitution. Bill and his painful urination will start serving his sentence in late November.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by calvindog

No restitution. Bill and his painful urination will start serving his sentence in late November.

After Thanksgiving with his loving family?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

After Thanksgiving with his loving family?

And his priest -- not the one whose name he used to set up a shill bidding account.

[atx840]

Originally Posted by calvindog

And his priest -- not the one whose name he used to set up a shill bidding account.

[Sophiedog]

Originally Posted by atx840

LOL...good one Chris; just noticed Wagner's new outfit

[rdwyer]

He'll go in Mint condition and come out authentic.

[JoeyFarino]

Originally Posted by calvindog

No restitution. Bill and his painful urination will start serving his sentence in late November.

Lol...painful urination

[JoeyFarino]

If he's not careful he might get altered in his cell

[CW]

hopefully he has his soap on a rope....

[JoeyFarino]

Originally Posted by CW

hopefully he has his soap on a rope....

If they have powdered soap he's screwed...literally

[iowadoc77]

Not sure his "grade" will be the same at the beginning and end of his sentence
He may possibly get "altered" by a shank
Possible to get "slabbed" in solitary confinement for bad behavior
Not sure he wants to be sold to the highest bidder while incarcerated
Good behavior hopefully won't "trim" his sentence
Surely someone could "alter" his appearance in prison to make him grade out higher
And many more tacky puns

I still think they should lock him up and make him sort 5000 count boxes of 1988-1990 topps baseball into teams, 10 boxes a day, 7 days a week while listening to hour after hour of Harry Caray singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame. (Nothing against Harry Caray, but can you imagine listening to that hour after hour after hour)

Pretty sure he gives a you know what about what he did at this point.

[Jay Wolt]

Jeff, where will he be doing his time? & is it a minimum security place?

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Jeff, where will he be doing his time? & is it a minimum security place?

My guess is that Jeff will answer yes,,, after all, Mastro has to have a place to improve on his tennis game.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Jeff, where will he be doing his time? & is it a minimum security place?

He'll probably be in a prison camp but it's still prison. And Marshall Fogel was there to support him as was Steve Grad. Jimmy Spence wrote his love letter to Mastro of course.

And Mastro still got off easy in my mind despite the fact that he immediately flipped and cooperated against his friends and co-conspirators.

[birdman42]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

Jeff, where will he be doing his time? & is it a minimum security place?

"What are you in for?"
"Trimming baseball cards"
And they all moved away from him there on the Group W bench.
"And fraud"
and they all moved back.

[CurtisFlood]

Originally Posted by iowadoc77

Not sure his "grade" will be the same at the beginning and end of his sentence
He may possibly get "altered" by a shank
Possible to get "slabbed" in solitary confinement for bad behavior
Not sure he wants to be sold to the highest bidder while incarcerated
Good behavior hopefully won't "trim" his sentence
Surely someone could "alter" his appearance in prison to make him grade out higher
And many more tacky puns

I still think they should lock him up and make him sort 5000 count boxes of 1988-1990 topps baseball into teams, 10 boxes a day, 7 days a week while listening to hour after hour of Harry Caray singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame. (Nothing against Harry Caray, but can you imagine listening to that hour after hour after hour)

Pretty sure he gives a you know what about what he did at this point.

I suppose he could be mounted and stuffed by the prison taxidermist.

[autograf]

What's the over/under on Doug now, given the Bill news?

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by calvindog

No restitution. Bill and his painful urination will start serving his sentence in late November.

His victims almost certainly experienced painful defecation at some point.

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by calvindog

No restitution. Bill and his painful urination will start serving his sentence in late November.

A question for board's legal community...

He has been properly tried and sentenced to prison. Why wasn't he (or any other convict in the same situation) immediately taken to the hoosegow? Doesn't allowing a millionaire felon three months to plan an escape present a significant flight risk?

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by mattsey9

A question for board's legal community...

He has been properly tried and sentenced to prison. Why wasn't he (or any other convict in the same situation) immediately taken to the hoosegow? Doesn't allowing a millionaire felon three months to plan an escape present a significant flight risk?

No, for a non-violent convicted defendant it would have been shocking for him to be taken away to immediately start serving a 20 month sentence. Plus Mastro needs to remain close by until Allen is sentenced as his cooperation may still be needed.

[Rickyy]

This might have been the best "deal" that he ever made. Despite the judge announcing that the fraud was committed on a "massive scale" to which the defendant admitted to...a lighter sentence was given for his cooperation in ongoing investigation against others...

Ricky Y

[Peter_Spaeth]

The government's press release.

http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/...l-bidding-scam

[Rickyy]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The government's press release.

http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/...l-bidding-scam

So now that its official...PSA can change the Wagner grade to "Altered" right?

Ricky Y

[Peter_Spaeth]

I think David Hall is probably still in denial.

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The government's press release.

http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/...l-bidding-scam

From the release:

"Mastro admitted in a plea agreement that the shill-bidding scheme spanned from 2002 to 2009. The scam involved submitting phony bids to artificially drive up the price of online and live auctions."

The "shill-bidding" in my opinion went on far longer-Captain Obvious.

[mark evans]

Hopefully, the sentence is severe enough to deter similar conduct by other auction houses. It would certainly deter me, but not so sure about some of the jokers in the business. Time will tell.