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Anybody Recall This Counterfeit Rookie-Card Case ?
storm888
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Seems the likely penalty simply encourages more fraud.
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Card faker admits eBay scam
thetimes-tribune.com
Published: Saturday, August 23, 2008 6:55 AM EDT
BY ERIN L. NISSLEY
STAFF WRITER
A Monroe County man admitted Friday to making as much as $10,000
selling fake rookie trading cards on online auction site eBay, a scam
that could land him in prison for up to 20 years.
Jamie Lee Nucero, 25, of Marshalls Creek, pleaded guilty to mail fraud
after he was charged in federal court last month. He remains free
while awaiting sentencing, scheduled for mid-November.
In U.S. District Judge Thomas I. Vanaskie’s courtroom Friday,
Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne P. Samuelson said Mr. Nucero first came
to the attention of investigators in December, after a person in
California and another in Virginia reported they had been swindled.
In both cases, the victims were the winning bidders on what were
listed as “rookie trading cards” for star National Hockey League
players Mario Lemieux and Patrick Roy. After sending their money to
Mr. Nucero’s former State College address, they received the
counterfeit cards.
State College police obtained a search warrant for the address, where
Mr. Nucero was living at the time. Officers found receipt slips from
eBay auctions and about 11,000 counterfeit trading cards for a variety
of sports, according to Mr. Samuelson.
Under the plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend a probation
sentence, though Judge Vanaskie does not have to follow that
recommendation.
Mail fraud carries a maximum of 20 years in prison and fines of up to
$250,000. Judge Vanaskie also may order Mr. Nucero to pay restitution,
though Mr. Samuelson said the total amount of money involved has yet
to be calculated.
Mr. Nucero makes his living selling sports cards on eBay, defense
attorney Joseph D’Andrea told Judge Vanaskie on Friday.
The judge decided that Mr. Nucero can continue to sell trading cards
under the supervision of federal probation officers.
“This is his only livelihood,” Mr. D’Andrea said. “If he does it
legitimately, I don’t see how it’s a problem.”
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under the supervision of federal probation officers.
“This is his only livelihood,” Mr. D’Andrea said. “If he does it
legitimately, I don’t see how it’s a problem.”
Of course He don't see a problem,he hasn't been swindled.
Wow is all that comes to mind right now.
J.R.
Needs'
1972 Football-9's high#'s
1965 Football-8's
1958 Topps FB-7-8
Jamie Lee Nucero, 25, of Marshalls Creek
I sold a card back in July to a guy from Marshalls Creek with this same name. He claims he owns his own grading company PCAGrading.
<< <i>Jamie Lee Nucero, 25, of Marshalls Creek
I sold a card back in July to a guy from Marshalls Creek with this same name. He claims he owns his own grading company PCAGrading. >>
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sportscollectorsdaily.com
Fake Card Sales Stopped But Where'd They Come From?
28 August 2008
U.S. officials prosecuted one seller of counterfeit trading cards, but stopping the flow is more challenging.
A Pennsylvania dealer who admitted selling counterfeit sports cards could be facing no worse than probation, but the source of those fakes isn't likely to see jail at all.
Jamie Nucero of Marshals Creek, PA, was arrested last spring after federal investigators received complaints from two collectors who say they purchased bogus rookie cards of Mario LeMieux and Patrick Roy on eBay. A search of Nucero's home led them to a stash of about 11,000 more cards that were not manufactured by a licensed sports card company. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Tuesday and will be sentenced in mid-November.
On Wednesday, U.S. attorney Wayne Samuelson told Sports Collectors Daily that the government recommended no jail time for Nucero because the dollar value of the cards involved wasn't high and Nucero was cooperative with investigators.
It wasn't strictly a counterfeit selling operation, according to Samuelson. "He was selling legitimate cards as well. The counterfeit cards were sprinkled in with his other sales. They were not being advertised as reprints."
Nucero is not being held and a judge in the case is permitting him to continue his sports card business. Samuelson said the counterfeit cards will be destroyed.
While investigators attempt to find out if any other collectors may have purchased counterfeit cards from Nucero, the source of the material may be more difficult to prosecute.
The cards originated in Canada and while U.S. investigators have contacted authorities there, Samuelson said Canadian law apparently makes it difficult to arrest first-time offenders regarding copyright issues. Warnings come before arrests.
"They first have to tell the person it isn't legal and to stop doing it. Then if they do it again, they can be prosecuted. They indicated to us there was very little they could do in this case."
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This might not be the same Nucero..............
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Cards look like a bunch of OC/MC garbage, to me.
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Unbelievable.
<< <i>This does not mean that if you want to submit 100 cards and give them all 10’s that you will be aloud to do so. >>
laughing out allowed.
When you don't put the filth in PRISON, this is what you get.
PCA "grading"
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Buys beaters under EBAY ID
pcagrading-dot-com
Some such cards end up in PCA - or other madeup names - slabs.
This outfit is pumped on the pca site:
seller
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The probation guy offers to use any slab-name and give any
grade, in exchange for money.
Somebody should contact the PA probation dept - and the
court - to let them know their "rehab" efforts have spawned
another RICO case.
The person that purchased the card and where I shipped it was named Jamie L. Nucero.
But the message they sent me was signed Jay.
Claimed they were going to holder the very low grade card they bought from me in one of thier other holders. "make it a CGS 10" as not to tarnish the PCA name.
I wonder just how many grading companys they have going???
<< <i>this is the guy who is selling the "fantasy/counterfeit" Ripken 1981 Rochester cards that Chris from 'Ripken In The Minors' detailed last week >>
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Yup.
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The admissions the guy has made in private communications
are more than enough to get the PA LEOs back on him.
It appears he may have gotten his first set of supplies from GMA.
His new set of scams were all orchestrated while he was
being "supervised" by the probation monkeys.
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EBAY really needs to crack down on all the bogus grading gangs.
Nick
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