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Old 10-10-2013, 01:54 PM
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Default Maestro pleads guilty, faces 2 1/2 years in prison

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,6330335.story

admitted to trimming the Gretzky Wagner card and auctioning it for 1 million.
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Old 10-10-2013, 01:58 PM
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Since it was sold to Gretzky, wouldn't the term slashing be better than trimming?
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Old 10-11-2013, 05:44 PM
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Since it was sold to Gretzky, wouldn't the term slashing be better than trimming?
Were that the case, he'd be facing two minutes in the box rather than two years in the clink.
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Old 10-10-2013, 01:58 PM
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"According to the plea agreement, when Mastro bought the Wagner card in 1986, it had bowed boarders, rendering it less valuable. Mastro “personally cut the side borders…using a paper slicing machine,” then sold it without disclosing the alterations, the filing stated."

I guess that settles that.
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think he got off easy ..

dude stole Millions from us collectors
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Old 10-10-2013, 02:09 PM
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Will Joe Orlando issue a statement?
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Even his silence would be a big statement now.
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Would love to see the deposition now...does Bill Mastro say that Joe Orlando knew the card was trimmed before it was encapsulated? If so, is Joe now on the hook for a similar fraud case...can you have accessory to fraud? I know the current owner would not return it to PSA for a refund but could he sue for damages between the current value of a trimmed Wagner and the value of his purchase? Lots of questions still to be answered.

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Maestro?...Who the hell the Maestro??!!
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He actually faces up to five years in prison...here's a fairly good account:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-1...ail-fraud.html

Whatever the case, he'll be suspended longer than A-Rod. And under less inviting circumstances.
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