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magoo (Magoo)
Advanced Member
Username: Magoo
Post Number: 3642
Registered: 2-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 9:16 pm: | |
Andrew, the answer to your question is no. They have made the statement that they are not resonsible nor can they prevent fraud. They will however ban someone if fraud is obvious or the system is used in a way that is not intended by Ebay. But as far as pursuing it leagally, forget it. |
Andrew (Mrrou)
Member
Username: Mrrou
Post Number: 427
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 9:07 pm: | |
Does Ebay take every claim of online fraud through their auctions seriously?
andrew |
Fred (I Luv 4REs) (Iluv4res)
Junior Member
Username: Iluv4res
Post Number: 250
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 3:45 pm: | |
Probably a "d.b.a."!!! |
Andre Vieira (Goggles_pisano)
Junior Member
Username: Goggles_pisano
Post Number: 67
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 3:36 pm: | |
I'm guessing Calvin Auctions is a subsiduary of Chris Sawyerr's retail enterprise... |
Howie/ExoticAutoBrokers.com (Brokerofexotics)
Member
Username: Brokerofexotics
Post Number: 266
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 3:30 pm: | |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles man was charged on Wednesday with defrauding eBay buyers on six continents in what prosecutors called one of the largest Internet auctions scams uncovered.
Chris Chong Kim, 27, was charged with four counts of grand theft and 26 counts of holding a mock auction for allegedly failing to deliver the high-end computers and computer parts he sold on his eBay business site, Calvin Auctions.
Kim was scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was arrested on Tuesday and was jailed in lieu of $400,000 bail. If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 24 years in prison.
The criminal complaint against Kim listed losses of $453,000 to 26 U.S. customers, eBay Inc. and Bank of America Corp.
Los Angeles County prosecutors said Kim had been selling computers, laptops and other equipment for two years through Calvin Auctions. In April, he allegedly stopped shipping products but continued to sell on eBay until his business was shut down two months later.
The online auction house received more than 170 complaints from customers around the world. Their losses ranged from $1,900 to $6,000 each, prosecutors said.
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