Rare coins - Beach man gets year sentence for eBay fraud

VamGuy · September 21, 2005 11:33AM

This judge is either an idiot, a moron or being nicely paid off.

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kranky · September 21, 2005 11:36AM

Seems to me that his returning $116K of the $123K went a long way towards getting a light sentence. It's very rare for scammers to make restitution because most of the time the money has been spent.

VamGuy · September 21, 2005 11:40AM

Oh, I see. So if I go steal 25 Rolex watches, and then offer to give them back when I get caught by the police, I too should get a reduced sentence. I mean, it's not like I stole them to make money, I just wanted to be sure I had the right time.

Right?

kranky · September 21, 2005 11:47AM

Of course I'm not defending it. Just making an observation why the sentence was as lenient as it was.

VamGuy · September 21, 2005 11:50AM

I understand.

TayTay · September 21, 2005 11:51AM

<< <i>Curry also claimed that a mail service lost $100,000 worth of coins that were meant for his customers, but he could provide no receipts for the coins or for the shipping. >>

Right, right, right

Wolf359 · September 21, 2005 1:13PM

His attorneys said Monday that he had sold some 14,000 rare coins legitimately before falling into logistical problems,
such as losing bids on coins from estate sales.

14,000 rare coins? Sure. Probably an eBay power seller.

FatMan · September 21, 2005 1:28PM

The Judge is out of touch. Probably never heard of eBay before the case. The jury understood though. Too bad the judge didn't listen to the jury.

aknow · September 21, 2005 2:14PM

I hope the prosecution wins its appeal and gets this guy resentenced.
The judge obviously doesn't buy coins on Ebay.

koynekwest · September 21, 2005 8:39PM

The "Mail service" lost $100,000 worth of coins? No receipts? Yeah, sure.

Steve27 · September 21, 2005 9:02PM

"He said he was dispensing a lesser sentence because he didn’t believe Curry set out to scam people. He also gave him credit for returning most of the money."

IMO you guys don't deserve the right to offer an opinion unless you were in the courtroom during the proceedings, but then of course there's the first amendment which allows you to say almost anything. There are smaller fish, but bigger frauds, on eBay that I would like to see prosecuted.

Conder101 · September 21, 2005 10:53PM

<< <i>His attorneys said Monday that he had sold some 14,000 rare coins legitimately before falling into logistical problems, such as losing bids on coins from estate sales >>

The judge didn't think he was intending to defraud anyone, but it is a little shady when you are selling coins you don't own yet and may not get. And when the logistics problems started why didn't he cancel auctions or return money as it came in?

Rare coins - Beach man gets year sentence for eBay fraud

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