ASM #252 CGC 9.8 Record Sale - something fishy going on? - Holder Tampering Incident confirmed by CGC 50 50

[mrd160]

Glad the store name is out there now too

[Stefan_W]

Loads to unpack, but to me this was one of the biggest parts

 

[jas1vans]

(long f-bay link to an Iron Man 2 Annual, with pin-up from CBS)

Edited February 4 by jas1vans
ebay link too large

[shadroch]

On 2/4/2024 at 9:52 AM, mrd160 said:

This part I saw today is really bad imo

Can we all  now stop pretending only books submitted for reholstering were infected?

[mrd160]

On 2/4/2024 at 11:20 AM, WestcoastDAVEngers said:

https://twitter.com/Paul_Lesko/status/1754157651175309811/photo/1

Comic Book Station named, the list is going to grow

I met the scammer working at their booth

[EastEnd1]

On 2/4/2024 at 12:12 PM, mrd160 said:

I met the scammer working at their booth

Scary...

[comicjel]

On 2/4/2024 at 11:52 AM, mrd160 said:

This part I saw today is really bad imo

I have started to wonder if the scammers might have been swapping out inferior books on more than just reholdered books, and may have only used the reholder process when the case did not look clean when they were done with the swap out.

 

[topcat54]

CGC alleges the Defendants recently became aware that their "fraudulent scheme was unraveling" so Zanello called CGC to "attempt to recover...three comic books that Defendants had recently submitted to CGC for reholdering." There are four calls; they're all recorded.

 

 

 

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[mrd160]

Is there a link to the whole lawsuit?

[comicjel]

On 2/4/2024 at 12:10 PM, shadroch said:

Can we all  now stop pretending only books submitted for reholstering were infected?

Upon information and belief... yes!

[topcat54]

this guy is on Twitter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Lesko

 

@Paul_Lesko

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Since mid-Dec., CGC has received multiple inquiries from "individual comic book collectors and consignment businesses" who believe defendants duped them.

 

 

 

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[sledgehammer]

On 2/4/2024 at 11:16 AM, EastEnd1 said:

On 2/4/2024 at 11:12 AM, mrd160 said:

I met the scammer working at their booth

Scary...

 

[EastEnd1]

On 2/4/2024 at 12:21 PM, mrd160 said:

Is there a link to the whole lawsuit?

The entire court filing seems to be behind a pay wall... a govt website for such things called PACER.  If there's an attorney that has access and can post, that would be very appreciated.

[mrd160]

Upon information and belief…all these guys are scumbags 

[topcat54]

Paul Lesko

He posted the lawsuit on his Twitter page I think it is close to all of it

 

[ramithard]

On 2/4/2024 at 9:30 AM, sledgehammer said:

 

Great detective work....I'm assuming Bree is girl on left?

[awakeintheashes]

On 2/4/2024 at 12:34 PM, ramithard said:

Great detective work....I'm assuming Bree is girl on left?

Yeah, and I think that’s the Comic Book Station owner taking the selfie. 

[sledgehammer]

On 2/4/2024 at 11:34 AM, ramithard said:

Great detective work....I'm assuming Bree is girl on left?

No positive ID on her.

But Bill is going to figure out how he found an image on some site that identifies them both on facebook, any minute now.

[EastEnd1]

On 2/4/2024 at 12:33 PM, topcat54 said:

Paul Lesko

He posted the lawsuit on his Twitter page I think it is close to all of it

 

The filing is 27 pages in total (comes up when you try to access on PACER).  Don't think he's covered all of it but maybe the most important parts.  

[THE_BEYONDER]

On 2/4/2024 at 11:52 AM, EastEnd1 said:

2000 total CGC submissions with a gross declared value of $4 million from the scammer