Certainly Didn’t Expect to See that at the National.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by glynparson

The ass kissing of this prick is pathetic.

+100000. I hope he and all the other crooks in the hobby end up eating out of KFC garbage bins.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Meanwhile, the reality is that many of the crooks have made millions over the years, are living quite well, and are at little or no risk.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Meanwhile, the reality is that many of the crooks have made millions over the years, are living quite well, and are at little or no risk.

100% Agree and made it off the backs of others that lost what that could not afford to

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Meanwhile, the reality is that many of the crooks have made millions over the years, are living quite well, and are at little or no risk.

This.

They made an example of Mastro and his gang, because they were "King of the Hill" at the time (and deserved what they got). But for some reason they continue to turn a blind eye to those who are even more blatantly corrupt (and are currently thriving).

Trimming, altering, shilling and lying should be punishable crimes, regardless of your selling platform or who you are.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by perezfan

This.

They made an example of Mastro and his gang, because they were "King of the Hill" at the time (and deserved what they got). But for some reason they continue to turn a blind eye to those who are even more blatantly corrupt (and are currently thriving).

Trimming, altering, shilling and lying should be punishable crimes, regardless of your selling platform or who you are.

Honestly, if I were a federal agent or prosecutor, and I saw how little impact on behavior all the revelations over the last couple of years have had, and how the collecting/investing world just wants more and more of the same, I might question if going after card doctors and their enablers was really the most productive use of my time and resources. Particularly where the rules of evidence would make most of these tougher cases to prove in court than it might appear on a chatboard.

[earlywynnfan]

Going back to the Feds hauling people out of the National, a couple years ago in Cleveland they hauled away Tony Podsada. Anyone know what happened to him?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by earlywynnfan

Going back to the Feds hauling people out of the National, a couple years ago in Cleveland they hauled away Tony Podsada. Anyone know what happened to him?

As best I can tell he was indicted by a grand jury a while ago but I don't see anything beyond that.

[oldjudge]

In the late 1990s I turned down buying a full M101-4 set in Ex-Mt or better condition for $10k. That was the market then. Why no talk about all the shill bidders in the hobby who never were prosecuted.