eBay reimburse ticket fraud victims
Published October 1st, 2006
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A Wood County jury took less than two hours to convict a Fostoria man of selling tickets to the 2005 Ohio State-Michigan football game, then leaving the buyers empty-handed.
Jurors found Mark West, 54, guilty of theft and telecommunications fraud for taking more than $161,000 from 250 people who ordered tickets through the Internet auction site eBay.
West faces up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine on each count when he is sentenced Dec. 1 by Wood County Common Pleas Judge Alan Mayberry.
“It was pretty well obvious there was deception by the ad in eBay,†juror Timothy Baker said after the verdicts were read. “In the ad he said, ‘I guarantee these seats,’ and he had no way to do that.â€
Juror Bob Trimble said the six men and six women who served on the jury had no trouble agreeing to convict West.
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