Sad when you don't learn your lesson

[rich76]

The INFAMOUS Cole Bartiromo is at it again....or WAS.This story is 2 1/2 yrs old but I had missed it before. He did , in fact continue to use his skills to be a jackass.

Teenager gets three years for eBay scamNatural born conman
By John Oates → More by this author
Published Tuesday 15th June 2004 09:50 GMT
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A Californian teenager was sentenced to three years for defrauding users of eBay's auction services. The 19-year old, Cole Bartiromo, was ordered to pay $20,000 back to his victims and spend 33 months in prison.

The teenager pleaded guilty in February to putting items up for sale on eBay, collecting payment and not sending out the goods. He was also found guilty of bank fraud for trying to convince a Wells Fargo employee to wire $400,000 to an offshore account he had set up.

Bartiromo has previous form: as a 17-year old high school student he obtained $1m from investors who believed his claim to offer "risk-free" bets on sporting events. The Securities and Exchange Commission were less convinced and made him pay investors back $900,000. ®

[OregonCruiser]

question...i remember cole bartiromo from the old wss...was he a member, or did someone have that username, or did we just talk a lot about it in chat? just curious.

[rich76]

Oh..he was a member alright... ....his port names (and he, like almost everyone else had many)

went something like

"I'llbe1stattheend"
"itolduiwouldbe1st"

etc etc etc I do not remember him winning anything at all.

[SiteWolf]

Cole was never a member HERE (that I'm aware)....but oh yes, I remember him well- he was going to buy one of my ports for $500 (real cash)....I was bright enough to expect payment before giving it to him while he was insisting I let him 'try it out first'....lol

He never won a thing at WSS...we had running 'bets' on which day of the month he'd complain that something (a 'wrong' 'bonus', his web access, whatever) would prevent him from winning it all......which was usually by like the 5th of the month.

Sad thing is he was/is VERY intelligent....even supposedly a good athlete (he said...and I read somewhere once...that he was a pitcher with a lot of pro scouts looking at him).

Now he's just a poster child for what kids should NOT do....

[hork]

Originally Posted by SiteWolf

He never won a thing ...we had running 'bets' on which day of the month he'd complain that something (a 'wrong' 'bonus', his web access, whatever) would prevent him from winning it all......which was usually by like the 5th of the month.

are you sure he was never a member here????