I was not referring to intentional fraud but if he is using the site to make
contacts, contract instruments, and take payment for the same but knows that
he is either unable or unwilling to deliver a finished product, then it is
fraud none the less. If the contact numbers on his site are active, for the
purpose of generating business, but he becomes un-reachable when questions
arise as to when an instrument will be completed it is fraud. It passes the
duck test: If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck it's a duck. If
he is not resolving old issues where he has an obligation with funds
received for work not completed but is accepting new business it may not be
fraud but a good prosecutor could make that argument stick. If at any time
he has used the mail system in his communications then he has an even deeper
problem. If someone knows this man they should let him know that if he does
not make an effort to resolve some of these issues one or more of these
unrequited clients could cause him a great deal of grief.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:03 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Luciano Faria
I don't know, but I really don't think your speculation of active,
deliberate fraud is accurate Vance.
I took another look at the website, it lists two forms of contact,
telephone, and email. there is no information about terms or any means to
detail an order. Yes, prices are listed, being several years stale they
become more and more enticing.
I dont consider the website to be indicitive of fraud in any way.
I also noted something else while in google. LF has a day job. Hanover
Brazil is an import/export company with offices in the US and Brazil. one
of several products they handle is CITES-blessed Rosewood (cut before the
ban in 1991). LF is pictured (holding a vihuela) and mentioned as a
staffmember.
Perhaps an exchange could be worked out for those willing to take Rosewood
in trade? I note that the company has a US office where some wood is
kept.
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