National Autograph Sting

[drcy]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I will give him credit for one thing. It takes a lot of balls to set up a booth at the national to sell fake autographs with so many hobby experts and professional authenticators in attendance.

I don't think it's a commentary on his balls, but his number of brain cells.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by drcy

I don't think it's a commentary on his balls, but his number of brain cells.

It's a criminal mentality. He needs to trade those brain cells in for other ones. Always happy to hear of a fraudster being taken down. Good for the authorities on this one. Maybe we can get their name and get some more help in the hobby? Maybe they are enthusiastic about stopping large scale fraud.

[BLongley]

Originally Posted by Leon

It's a criminal mentality. He needs to trade those brain cells in for other ones. Always happy to hear of a fraudster being taken down. Good for the authorities on this one. Maybe we can get their name and get some more help in the hobby? Maybe they are enthusiastic about stopping large scale fraud.

It's been talked about in the autograph forum as well. Seems the name of the seller may be Tony Podsada.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by BLongley

It's been talked about in the autograph forum as well. Seems the name of the seller may be Tony Podsada.

He is infamous in autograph collecting circles.

[rdwyer]

What will happen to this fraudster? Credit time served?

[Hxcmilkshake]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

What will happen to this fraudster? Credit time served?

Well, the guy from the SI story who made 2 MILLION got a whopping 7 years.

I do wonder, of the 300K ebay/paypal made, how much they refunded.

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[rdwyer]

That's great to hear! Lock em all up.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by drcy

I don't think it's a commentary on his balls, but his number of brain cells.

Or both perhaps. Either way I'm glad he was caught. The more hobby fraudsters we can put away the better. Hopefully stories like this will deter others from committing similar acts.

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

Or both perhaps. I'm glad he was caught. The more hobby fraudsters we can put away the better. Hopefully stories like this will deter others from committing similar acts.

Agree 100%