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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Edited by yingyang
03/22/2014 1:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
532 Posts |
I love seeing this. I wish they'd apply it to phony stamped 925 jewelry from China
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
"He must also submit to forfeiture of the sized bars and over 100 counterfeit coins."
Makes you wonder just how many counterfeit coins are out there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
648 Posts |
I wonder also
One of the reasons we make simple tools , to help sort them out!
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
The reason I said that is I got a counterfeit 1923 Peace dollar from ebay last month. I got a refund and the seller never asked for it back (which I probably wouldn't have done to keep him from selling it again.) Anyway, I super glued a magnet to the back of it and it's a  magnet now. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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He seems to have defrauded others to the value of about $2,500.
For THAT he may cop as much as 15 years in jail.
Punishment DOES NOT fit the crime here.
For 15 years in jail, the cost to the taxpayer for detaining him will be about $1.5 million.
A far better legal outcome would have been for him to pay full restitution to those he has defrauded, and to pay all court costs, and keep him OUT of jail!
That way, no cost to the taxpayer whatsoever!
WHY should the taxpayer be always be found guilty?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
621 Posts |
where did you get the $2500 figure from? just wondering.
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
I see your point Sel but with some people simple restitution and court costs are much of a deterrent. Without a strong deterrent (which in some cases requires a jail sentence) what's to stop him or others from doing it again?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
My wrong. Restitution cost to the perpetrator $28,720.40
Cost to the taxpayer should still be nil.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
621 Posts |
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Cost to the taxpayer should still be nil. Agreed. maybe it's time we bring back forced labor as a sentence so they can pay for their own prison terms? or perhaps we need to make the prison system more efficient so it doesn't cost 10 times what it costs me to survive a year to incarcerate someone does. |
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Moderator
 United States
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What gets me is these losers get fed in prison better than we do.
Free healthcare, gym, sports, tv.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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