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Man accused of fraud with online auctions
Posted on Fri, Nov. 19, 2004
Man accused of fraud with online auctions By Chuck Carroll Mercury News An East Bay man was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in San Francisco for allegedly defrauding eBay bidders who paid thousands of dollars each for the official trading cards of sports stars Mickey Mantle and Michael Jordan. The indictment alleges that San Lorenzo resident Michael W. Gouveia, 39, under various online aliases, accepted payments totaling more than $30,000 for collectible player cards through the San Jose-based Internet auction house even though he had ``no intention of delivering the cards as promised.'' Gouveia allegedly received more than $7,000 from eBay users for the 1951 and 1952 Topps cards of Mantle. He also offered some cards from Jordan's rookie year. He is charged with five counts of mail fraud and five counts of wire fraud in connection with the auctions, which allegedly occurred last year from June to November. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. The prosecution is being handled by the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) Unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Francisco. The initial investigation was carried out by the U.S. Postal Service with the help of eBay. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Chuck Carroll at or (650) 688-7598. |
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