Mastro pleads guilty

[Peter_Spaeth]

And from our own hobby crusader.

"Just when I thought Bill Mastro could not be a more brazen and unrepentant criminal, he's now going to victims of his fraud asking for letters to be read at his sentencing," says New York attorney Jeff Lichtman, a longtime vintage card collector.
"He's claiming that he was indicted due to people with axes to grind. He's delusional."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-...#ixzz2DfWxTsVh

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

And from our own hobby crusader.

"Just when I thought Bill Mastro could not be a more brazen and unrepentant criminal, he's now going to victims of his fraud asking for letters to be read at his sentencing," says New York attorney Jeff Lichtman, a longtime vintage card collector.
"He's claiming that he was indicted due to people with axes to grind. He's delusional."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-...#ixzz2DfWxTsVh

Mastro is just asking for three credit references and three PSA Authorized Dealer references so that he can become a PSA Authorized Dealer in February 2018. See link below for full details:

http://www.psacard.com/about/faq.chtml#faqid71

[three25hits]

Who would've thought that Wagner was trimmed?

[Jacklitsch]

Originally Posted by three25hits

Who would've thought that Wagner was trimmed?

I'm shocked!

[ruth-gehrig]

A rat goes to prison

[botn]

Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

Mastro is just asking for three credit references and three PSA Authorized Dealer references so that he can become a PSA Authorized Dealer in February 2018. See link below for full details:

http://www.psacard.com/about/faq.chtml#faqid71

I am sure PSA would bend the rules like they did for JP Cohen of Memory Lane.

[buymycards]

So, will PSA be indicted as being a part of this fraud?

The options are:

1. They were in cahoots with Mastro.

2. They looked the other way.

3. They are incompetent and can't detect a trimmed card. Even a T206 Wagner.

Not very good choices.

Rick

[Peter_Spaeth]

Mastro was long since out of the card when PSA graded it, having sold it in 1987 to Jim Copeland. Although I have heard rumors he was involved with the grading. Agreed they don't seem to have many good options, but another one is just to play ostrich. Or I suppose they could question Mastro's credibility, and suggest he is "admitting" to trimming the card only to avoid more serious charges and more jail time.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by buymycards

So, will PSA be indicted as being a part of this fraud?

The options are:

1. They were in cahoots with Mastro.

2. They looked the other way.

3. They are incompetent and can't detect a trimmed card. Even a T206 Wagner.

Not very good choices.

Rick

Rick, wasn't PSA created expressly for the purpose of grading the trimmed Wagner?

[egbeachley]

Am I reading it right that the statement that he trimmed the Wagner has nothing to do with the fraud?

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Curious to see how this unfolds

[travrosty]

interesting to see who is going to put their name out there as a character reference to be read in court.

psa is stuck.