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  • EnterThanman
    EnterThanman London, ON Posts: 1,057
    My guess is the OP thought he could drag this past the 45 day mark and get away with it. Good he was called out early.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    A detective? Police forces have time to visit people who took a few hundred bucks from 10C members?
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  • in275569
    in275569 Posts: 36
    When it's wire fraud they do.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    edited February 2015
    Really? I know no police ever got involved when I was defrauded via PayPal. Pretty sure the cops have bigger fish to fry than this guy.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • Brane_of_JFK
    Brane_of_JFK Maryland Posts: 1,901
    It's their job...and it was closer to $1.5k, and it was 9 different people.
  • andrew68
    andrew68 Toronto Posts: 1,845
    Crossed state and international borders ... Wire fraud is serious biz
    Any new realizations... would have to wait...
    Til he had more time,... more time...
    Time to dream,... to himself... he waves goodbye,
    To himself... I'll see you on the other side...
  • in275569
    in275569 Posts: 36
    Everyone filed a report around the same time and two countries were involved. FTC (Federal Trade Commission) was contacted also consumer affairs of the FBI as well. Yes wire fraud will not be taken lightly. If one is convicted of it. It's a heavy fine plus up to 20 years x's that by 9. I think the police have time to investigate.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,864
    PJ_Soul wrote: »
    Really? I know no police ever got involved when I was defrauded via PayPal. Pretty sure the cops have bigger fish to fry that this guy.

    This IS the type of "fish" they fry :-)
  • Damiens
    Damiens Posts: 776
    So glad it worked out, this has been my favorite "show" until Walking Dead starts back up. So glad it seems to be having a fair resolution for those of you that were initially ripped off.
  • whofeelslikeadrank
    whofeelslikeadrank Posts: 2,702
    sad to not hear back from the OP. very glad those who were affected have met resolution. this contributing member could've done more to do this out in the open, so as to save some face. remember after Don got the thread shut down... he still dealt. he recovered, for a moment, before the relapse that sent him away for good. suffice it to say, that a bad deal doesn't have to be the death of a trader here. a forgiving group of friends. it's sad that some adults can't act like adults.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    edited February 2015
    I'd be interested to know if cops or the FBI actually got involved in this. I'd be shocked if they did - does anyone have any real reason to think that? Like know it for a fact? And is it really realistic to think that they came to him door and told him to refund a handful of people for $40 - $350? It would be lovely to know that authorities would actually bother with this.... i just don't see it as realistic. But anything's possible. If it's true, my faith in crime control just slipped up a notch.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,910
    Btw, is 10C looking at this?? The OP's avatar don't have the banned image last time I checked....
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  • andrew68
    andrew68 Toronto Posts: 1,845
    PJ_Soul wrote: »
    I'd be interested to know if cops or the FBI actually got involved in this. I'd be shocked if they did - does anyone have any real reason to think that? Like know it for a fact? And is it really realistic to think that they came to him door and told him to refund a handful of people for $40 - $350? It would be lovely to know that authorities would actually bother with this.... i just don't see it as realistic. But anything's possible. If it's true, my faith in crime control just slipped up a notch.

    yes they got involved...one detective took all 9 cases, communicated with us etc
    Any new realizations... would have to wait...
    Til he had more time,... more time...
    Time to dream,... to himself... he waves goodbye,
    To himself... I'll see you on the other side...
  • ReleaseMe
    ReleaseMe Mississauga, Ontario Posts: 753
    I highly doubt that the actual authories were involved due to the amounts, this quickly - I've worked in fraud recovery before, but then again my experiences are related between a consumer and a true merchant.

    This issue is mindbogling... to built relationship all this years with the people in this group only to then rip them is idiotic and careless - I feel the refunds could have happened due to him feeling ostracized... it's not helping his case when he stopped posting in this thread.

    The OP is suggesting that he was hacked... With all the information that some random hacker would literally have to know this band, that sounds iffy...unless it was friendly fraud and he actually lives with the person who commited this
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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Good job guys. You guys came together and took care of this shit. Maybe everyone else will think twice about screwing people over.
  • in275569
    in275569 Posts: 36
    I guess the emails the 9 of us got from Bettendorf detective Payton asking if we got our money refunded must have come from the OP then if you don't think the authorities got involved. Not to keep beating a dead horse. It's over and I'm pretty sure we all are happy with the outcome. Time to move on.
  • 3Cr00kedH3arts
    3Cr00kedH3arts Posts: 122
    For those who think that the Bettendorf police have better things to do, they don't. It's 5 miles from Moline. Not much happening in that part of the world. :-)
  • Nami
    Nami Newfoundland Posts: 5,999
    nice work everyone, very sickening to see what unfolded but glad for the outcome. too bad there wasnt a way to keep this on the first page to prevent further fraudulent acts and provide insight to possible actions people can take going forward.
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  • Brane_of_JFK
    Brane_of_JFK Maryland Posts: 1,901
    Not sure why some think this is not that big of a deal, or at least not big enough for police to get involved. Any theft of $1000-$10000 is considered a Class D felony in IA.
  • 3Cr00kedH3arts
    3Cr00kedH3arts Posts: 122
    I wasn't saying this wasn't a big deal. You were lucky that the guy didn't live in Chicago or something though. Might not have gotten such a quick response.
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