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(...) No, he was an Admin up to the point Dan got wind of this. He was not only demoted but kicked off the site 100%. I can see Bill doing this no problem. His ego and attitude led him to think he was better and smarter than everybody... guess the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) That's so simple I'm surprised I never thought of it, not that I'd ever commit a crime of course. Steve (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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In lugnet.mediawatch, David Gregory wrote: He'd better be (...) As I read the report I thought exactly the same thing, although my joke was going to involve making sure he didn't drop the soap. :-) Steve (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Bill hasn't been an admin for awhile, several months if I remember correctly. Daniel (URL) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I never did like that guy, but I never would have guessed this. He'd better be able to make up a much more violent or daring crime to tell his cellmates. I can just imagine what his prison life would be like: Cellmate Bubba: "Hey you! Yeah (...) (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) How pathetic. They say innocent until proven guilty but it sounds like they got him dead to rights. I hope this doesn't end up giving all AFOL's a bad name! (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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Wow. How effin' sad. (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) I would expect that he is now a former inventory admin. (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Reposting in several additional groups. This is an important story with potential impact upon a whole bunch of people. Thanks for posting the article. I've been reading the comments over at the Bricklink forum, where the sale/resale aspect may (...) (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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William A. Swanberg, the inventory admin on Bricklink was arrested for switching UPCs on Lego sets. Full story here: (URL) COUNTY - - Early this morning (11/17/05), members of the Washington County Interagency Fraud and Identity Theft Enforcement (...) (19 years ago, 18-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch) !!
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