well I guess it's obvious that the name in the lawsuit is Jaime Mendez
John/Jane Doe probably refers to people working in Jaime's studio
it's a dark day when top collector and a top restorer get together
to perpetrate a fraud for what seems to be well in excess of a
million bucks across a small hobby
I wonder when teh FBI is going to bring criminal charges
Rich
At 11:31 AM 8/29/2009, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
There has been much private speculation on the part of many
collectors as to which restorer allegedly created the fakes which
defrauded so many people, including most major Universal horror
collectors. And those who have known who it was have continued to
refuse to name that person, forcing some people to publically
announce it was NOT them, to keep their good names clear.
These days, lawsuits are not filed with paper, but they are also
filed electronically, and they are available for public view.
Go to
<http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-miedce/case_no-2:2009cv13405/case_id-242141/>http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-miedce/case_no-2:2009cv13405/case_id-242141/
and see the lawsuit that was filed two days ago, which names some
names (but it also includes a "John Doe" and a "Jane Doe", which
means that more names will be forthcoming).
I wish those involved in this would simply tell exactly what
happened, so that the air can be cleared, and all honest dealers,
restorers, and auction houses will no longer have a cloud over their
heads. Once the truth is known, even those who had a relatively
minor involvement (like dealers or auction houses which unknowingly
acted as middlemen in the sale of some of these fakes) will surely
find that having the truth out there will be better than waiting for
it to be dragged out over a period of months.
I am so happy this matter is not being mishandled as the minty
whites were (where no one did anything), which resulted in the
criminals never being brought to justice, thousands of collectors
being defrauded of hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, and
a black cloud hanging over the hobby to this day. Let us all learn
from that giant mistake and not put our heads in the sand and hope
this will just "go away", because if we do that, our entire hobby
will suffer greatly.
Bruce
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