 | | Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Andrew Bulthaupt
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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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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Dave Schuler
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Hao-yang Wang
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| | | | | | I have not met or traded with Bill before. Still, this news shocked me, as if suddenly I discovered that one of my close friends were a criminal. It's sad, sad, sad. Stealing is wrong. Stealing for profit is very wrong. Still, he could have commit (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Bob Parker
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Daniel Barrett
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Mark Papenfuss
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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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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Sid Dinsay
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| | | | | Wow. How effin' sad. (19 years ago, 19-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —William R. Ward
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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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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —David Gregory
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Steve Lane
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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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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Steve Lane
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Tom Dickson
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| | | | | | (...) Actually, it's one of the oldest scams in the book; that's why those automatic tellers at Home Depot, etc, have the weight system setup. I'm surprised it worked so well, I guess the cashier's display just said "ITEM LEGO TOY" or something like (...) (19 years ago, 20-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Stefan Gustavson
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| | | | | | (...) Most cashiers working in huge toy stores simply don't care. Pick the one that looks most inexperienced, tired, or both, and you can probably get away with the most amazingly simple scams, provided you don't do it too often. That, I think, was (...) (19 years ago, 21-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Brian Pilati
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| | | | | (...) Ouch! I feel bad because I have traded with this guy and a lot. He had great deals. Everything was always 20% less than retail ... even the new stuff. I would even have he find me special orders. I always wondered how he could find stuff I (...) (19 years ago, 22-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Bryce McGlone
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| | | | | (URL) (19 years ago, 24-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX) !!
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| | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Harvey Henkelman
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| | | | | | | (...) I hope Mr. Swanberg bought a supply of Preparation H, cause he's gonna be hurting... :V) -HRH (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Anne Carasik
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| | | | | | | (...) Bryce! This is awesome! :-) *ROFL* -Anne (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Will Middelaer
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| | | | | | | (...) I love the graphic, but you need to change the vehicle to an E350, which is a van, instead of an F350, which is a pickup truck. (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Clifton D. Chambers
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| | | | | | (...) How embarrassing for his family, friends, and the entire LEGO community. Now he has made CNN with this nightmare. (URL) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Sid Dinsay
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| | | | | HAH! Isn't it ironic that Target has the Falcon on sale for $49.99? :-) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Kelly McKiernan
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| | | | | (...) truck to haul away his inventory. The story says he sold more than $600K worth of brick over the last 3 years. Unfortunately, they also mention BrickLink. (URL) this would have to happen in my neck of the woods... he was arrested at the Target (...) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | | | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Cynthia Bradham
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| | | | | | (...) <snip> This is now on CNN as well, (URL) (19 years ago, 25-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | | | | Re: Bricklink Admin Bill Swanberg arrested for Lego thefts —Harvey Henkelman
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| | | | Mr. Swanberg has finally made it to the Daily Rotten... (URL) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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