[Hallicrafters] Florida rip-offs

[Charlie]

If it's the same guy I'm thinking of, he went by several names:  Eddie Locke
& Fred Wright come to mind, but there was a whole list of them.  Most of the
deals occurred in early 2000.

We had quite a sting operation going  with him advertising quite regularly
on the QRZ.COM site, until some #@$% doo gooder made a bunch of posts on all
the websites about "avoiding the crook".  At that point, he went underground
and we never heard from him again. I sure hope it's the same guy in jail
now.

Have you heard whether there's any chance to recover some money from him?  I
actually had an FBI agent come to my home to get information.  Still have
the file on it.

73' Charlie k3ICH




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at gmail.com>
To: "William L Howard" <wlhoward at verizon.net>
Cc: "Hallicrafters list" <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, 07 March 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Radio Relay League


> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:23:23 -0500, William L Howard
> <wlhoward at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > Need to remember the saga of the man now in jail in Florida for this
> > sort of scam.  He would sell you some batch of radio gear, have his
> > brother in law, the long haul trucker deliver and you never saw your
> > money or the radios or the brother in law again. They finally caught
> > him, but those of us who remember him would be very leeery of such a
> > deal.
>
> I remember him, Bill. He's been in the clink for 2-3 years now at
> least, hasn't he? His name is on the tip of my tongue. I recall it
> took quite a while to get them to do anything about him, but when they
> did, they made sure he got the point. Of course, this is another
> advantage of the 'eyeball-to-eyeball' approach - pay when you pick up
> and save getting ripped off.
>
> BTW, we haven't spoken since the visit, but both my YL tour guide and
> I enjoyed your museum emmensely. Never saw so many Hallicrafters
> Village and field radios in one place before! I've sent your info to a
> couple of other interested parties since, hope they get to stop by and
> take a look .Also to a guy who wanted to discuss the coastwatchers
> radio with you.
>
>
> 73, Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ
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