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T O P I C R E V I E Wrjurek349My Odessey pub eZine today had the following article that I thought all would find of interest, if you haven't already seen it. Now if they would only crack down on the the Astro forgers!FBI HITS CYBERSPACE IN SEARCH OF BOGUS AUTOGRAPH DEALERS! The FBI has taken its investigation of bogus autographs to a world of logons and passwords -- the Internet. It has charged six people with selling forged autographs of sports figures and entertainers on the web. The FBI's Tim Fitzsimmons of San Diego, agent in charge of Operation Bullpen, said the street value of items sold by these dealers exceeds $1 million, and the inventory of items seized during the past two months by federal agents fills a couple a hundred square feet of warehouse space. Fitzsimmons told Sweet Spot that signatures of more than 100 athletes and 1,000 Hollywood celebrity were forged. The most-forged athlete was Muhammed Ali. Other prominent athletes forged were Mark McGwire, Ken Griffey, Jr., Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and Vince Carter. Here is the website of operation bullpen. There is some great advice here, and other information on their crackdown: http://sandiego.fbi.gov/bullpen/bullpen.htm [This message has been edited by rjurek349 (edited November 22, 2002).]
FBI HITS CYBERSPACE IN SEARCH OF BOGUS AUTOGRAPH DEALERS! The FBI has taken its investigation of bogus autographs to a world of logons and passwords -- the Internet. It has charged six people with selling forged autographs of sports figures and entertainers on the web. The FBI's Tim Fitzsimmons of San Diego, agent in charge of Operation Bullpen, said the street value of items sold by these dealers exceeds $1 million, and the inventory of items seized during the past two months by federal agents fills a couple a hundred square feet of warehouse space. Fitzsimmons told Sweet Spot that signatures of more than 100 athletes and 1,000 Hollywood celebrity were forged. The most-forged athlete was Muhammed Ali. Other prominent athletes forged were Mark McGwire, Ken Griffey, Jr., Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and Vince Carter.
Here is the website of operation bullpen. There is some great advice here, and other information on their crackdown: http://sandiego.fbi.gov/bullpen/bullpen.htm
[This message has been edited by rjurek349 (edited November 22, 2002).]
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