John Rogers: From Net 54 to Prison

[calvindog]

As some of the people who have been on Net 54 for more than a year will remember, John Rogers was a board member, collector and fraudster who conspired with -- and ultimately cooperated against -- his friend Doug Allen of Mastro/Legendary fame. When he wasn't stealing from his investors, his bank, his friends and anyone else who crossed his path, John was a prolific liar on the board as well.

Here's the story of John's recently filed criminal charges which contains his cocaine addiction as an excuse for his decade of fraud:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...912-story.html

And the Information with which he was charged:
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/publ...indictment.pdf

Despite cooperating with the feds, John will be spending a lot of time in federal prison soon; assuming he remains out of his local jails. Before these charges finally were filed, John had been stealing for years:
https://www.minnpost.com/media/2015/...d-star-tribune

and: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/stor...lary/76725156/

But my favorite John Rogers lie was when in a Net 54 thread he somehow forgot that he sold a Wagner that he claimed to presently own -- presumably he was on a real cocaine bender while typing up these lies: http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=114597

The best part of this thread -- other than his obvious lie -- was his support for his friend Doug Allen, his co-conspirator and business partner who he later served up to the feds in order to cut his own jail time. Poor Doug trusted one of his fraudster friends too many and it cost him years in a federal prison.

[Leon]

What a story.....We reap what we sow. Hopefully he will pay his dues and get on the right track. Same with the other guys who are in trouble too.

[Robert_Lifson]

Hi Jeff and Leon and all of Net54! This really is an incredible story. It is even more amazing when one looks at all the public civil case documents that are easily accessed online (Arkansas happens to have a great site for this; requires a little getting used to but once you get the hang of it, it is amazing the case documents that can be accessed and it is very impressive):

https://caseinfo.aoc.arkansas.gov/cc...in.cp_main_idx

Included (and this is just the tip of the iceberg) are: Documents that are forged, borrowing money to finance the purchase of (and to use as collateral) collections that don’t exist, fake items, purchase and sale exhibit documents involving names such as John Rogers’ close associates Doug Allen and Peter Nash, fake cards used for collateral, more than 100% of a given deal committed for sale or use for collateral, green cash payments sent by mail, and creating email accounts in the name of others (at least one anyway) to impersonate a legitimate person to convince others that fake or questionable items are authentic.

This last one really hits home: I was informed by law enforcement that Rogers was impersonating me to vouch for items in “correspondence” he created and forwarded to a customer. See section 18 of the Criminal Information document. I assume I am the “Dealer 1”! I wasn't given much in the way of details except the email address had my name in it and the "alternate universe Robert Lifson" created by John Rogers was writing to vouch for items that apparently were very problematic to help Rogers sell his "wares". That was just about the craziest call I ever got! I have barely been able keep up with all the frauds perpetrated by Rogers. I have tried and all I can say is that it is fascinating and a very rich vein to mine for those interested!

Hope everyone on Net54 is well! And it is great to see Jeff L post again!


Sincerely,

Rob L

Robert Lifson

info@americanainvestments.com

[bravos4evr]

dang Rob that's a crazy story! it's like something from TV..... people.......... man sometimes they just find new and amazing ways to disappoint us

[Griffins]

Sorry if this was contained in the links (I couldn't see the answer), but has he been sentenced for any of this yet? Doug and Bill are both serving time, is there anyone else from Mastro/Legendary?

[grainsley]

Greed does wonderful things to people.

[slidekellyslide]

I wonder when Peter Nash will write about this on Haulsofshame.com ?