Ex-lawyer turned eBay seller convicted by Feds of scamming $400,000 from buyers

[mandy]

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that defendant Martin Eugene Haber has entered a guilty plea to more than $400,000 in mail and wire fraud.

Haber, 58, a former attorney, was the owner and operator of South Dixie Rare Coins, located in Miami. Haber sold collectibles and rare coins through eBay, an Internet auction site. At sentencing, Haber faces a statutory maximum of twenty (20) years for each of the six (6) counts of wire fraud and one (1) count of mail fraud, fines of up to $250,000, and can be ordered to make full restitution to the victims. Sentencing is scheduled for August 22, 2006, before U.S. District Court Judge Donald L. Graham.

This investigation began after the Internet Fraud Complaint Center received more than 50 complaints from buyers who did not receive the merchandise they purchased on eBay from Haber....

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[rose]

It's always a shock when a lawyer turns to crime.  >