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Posted By: Paul

As a general rule, someone who provides someone with the tools for fraud, knowing that those tools will be used for fraud, can find themselves liable for aiding and abetting. Whether there can be criminal liability (jail), or just civil liability (money), I don't know. I suppose ebay's best defense is that they told Rick not to do it anymore, Rick told the world through MSNBC that he wouldn't do it anymore, and they believed him. But it seems to me that ebay should have at least the obligation to make sure Rick isn't using the same 2 bidder IDs to bid on his own auctions in the future.