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Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby
It went downhill from there and Walton had to retain a criminal attorney and finally cut a deal over a lengthy process: probation with full restitution. Perhaps the most devastating blow was that Walton had to resign from the bar as an attorney. Amazingly enough, when all of his eBay victims were contacted that they'd been defrauded, only a small portion responded to the restitution agreement.
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I can certainly understand why the victims did not want restitution. After all, the fraudsters were screwing everyone not targeting certain individuals. I'm sure the victims felt that it was just the cost of doing business in their hobby that they loved so much.
By the way, at least in the legal profession we kick out the people who get convicted of serious crimes. Such a practice certainly doesn't keep our ranks entirely clean but it does make a difference.