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Topic: eBay Scammer Busted in Ohio (Read 1376 times)
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Joined: Mar 2008
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 Sep 20, 2009, 03:27:45 PM | #1 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A Columbus man was arrested and charged for his part in an alleged eBay scam Wednesday.
Jason Richard Yuschak, 28, was arrested and charged with mail fraud for collecting money for an item he sold on the Internet auction site eBay and failing to deliver the item, according to authorities.
Yuschak’s arrest was based on a criminal complaint filed Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.
Postal inspectors and Secret Service agents arrested Yuschak in downtown Columbus.
An affidavit accuses Yuschak of offering a Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar for sale on eBay and agreeing to sell it to an Oklahoma woman for $3,000 May 21, 2009.
The woman paid Yuschak in two e-checks issued through PayPal.
The victim asked Yuschak to return her money, and Yuschak allegedly mailed the victim an empty envelope.
The victim filed a dispute with the company and contacted her local police department.
Yuschak was identified through the Ohio Law Enforcement Gateway.
Yuschak pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft last April and was awaiting sentencing for those crimes. Yuschak stole personal identification information of at least 78 customers or potential customers of car dealerships where he worked and used the information to apply for credit cards.
Mail fraud is punishable by as many as 20 years imprisonment.
Yuschak appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge on the most recent charge Wednesday. |
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Dec 28, 2010, 10:12:22 PM | #3 |
| Glad they caught the guy! People like that ruin ebay for everyone. |
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