MatterEaterLad

This isn't the only legal entanglement CGC/NCG/Heritage/WATA/Halperin etc have been involved with. In those scandals, people were named long before a court decision.

Totally. So unrealistic CGC's sister company NCG named Richard Albright as the fraudster in a similar scam regarding coins. But you're right, totally unrealistic.

At this point if CGC cares about the collecting community, they need to release the name. Instead of just looking up certs, it would be helpful for those who might have purchased directly from this person. Also, it would reassure the community that this was only one person and not several. And not a CGC employee. Yes, I know, lawyers might be advising against this. But those attorneys care about CGC first and the rest of us second, if at all. If boardies know, they should step up.

Incredible just to hold that piece of comic history! Do you have photos of it after the tape removal?

No prob. Welcome to the boards!

I had a lot of sympathy for the guy at first. Partly because I've talked to him and he's clearly a comics super-fan. But mainly because so few people do restoration at his level. I'd hoped he'd somehow manage to get his life back on track and return books and finish the work. The community needs people who do this, especially conservation. We're losing so much know-how with Susan C. retiring and now Mike imploding so spectacularly. But, it's hard to have much sympathy for the guy at this point.

Is this major submitter a dealer?

In the past I think CGC might have given a book like that an 8.0, but they seem super tight right now. So maybe more like 6.5 - 7.0.

This guy might be a dealer. I hope not. And I agree with the earlier posts about Bob Storms. I've bought countless books from him. One of the best.

Are brevis3, aureliaag, and zaneglors all eBay names? Or are these names he's used elsewhere?

What if CGC doesn't want law enforcement involved? Maybe that's why they've "retained a leading private investigative service". They might just be thinking lawsuit, not a criminal prosecution, which could reveal unflattering things during a public trial.

Since Threads will automatically follow whoever you're following on Instagram, I'm guessing he logged into IG after a long absence and it did the auto-follow thing. Definitely not in jail if he has his phone handy.

CGC did post to their IG account. https://www.instagram.com/p/C1ZkREgOu8V/?img_index=1

I've seen CGC's announcement posted on two FB collecting groups. One with 1,500 members, the other has 12,000. So word is getting out. Not sure about the big CGC fan group on FB, since Bill "I don't ban anyone" banned me. I'm assuming he's posted it now since he's a de facto CGC mouthpiece.

I'm on Threads, which is Meta's version of Twitter. Last night I got a "Hero Restoration is now following you" notification. He's made no posts on Threads, but he's alive and active out there.

So if we believe the video, the guy doing this is a dealer. Probably worth exploring if certain dealers get special treatment at CGC. I always assumed big dealers can get books pushed to the front of the grading line. But are they given a pass on regrading?

I believe they announced it in July of this year.

Public Service Announcement: If someone is always arguing about the argument and has a habit of trying to be the center of every discussion, to the detriment of the actual discourse, just put them on IGNORE. I did a long time ago. This is a serious discussion. I can't imagine trying to get through 171+ pages with all of that noise.

I heard this second hand (from a good source), but apparently Halperin said that this year is the first year Heritage made more money selling cards than comics.

Here's a cringe-worthy thought. What if CGC has known about this for a while and that's why they started scanning every book back in July?

It's so unhelpful that GPA still records these "sales."

Gotcha. You don't ban anyone, you just block them. TOTALLY different. I didn't repost. But there were other posters at the time. I'm guessing you lost patience and blocked everyone. Your call. Again, thanks for pinning a post about this. It's the right call for the collecting community at large.

You banned me. It's your group, do what you want. Just don't come over here and lie about it. That being stated, thanks for pinning a post about all this.

That's hilarious. It's because he deletes all criticism and bans the posters, so YOU never see it.