Timelines...
I believe the implication is that by the time Forman's cards sold Mastro had stopped its alleged shilling because of the FBI investigation into its alleged shilling.
This is going to be very interesting to watch unfold, but it didn't result in the consignors being cheated. That is entirely the misconduct of Mastro in either releasing items w/o payment or diverting payments from their intended recipients to fund its own activities. I don't know IL law but out here we charitably refer to that as "conversion" and uncharitably call it "embezzlement."
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