Yeah it just sort of caught me off-guard when I read it, Anthony, that it was the first time I could recall a toy scammer on a board I visit getting nabbed by the law... I guess they confiscated a lot of what the guy had in his house too, so some of it may even get returned to its rightful owners.
I don't mean to harp much but I've watched the guy do this, and a lot of it really had to do with the site I visited not having a cohesive and structured feedback guide (and not a lot of staff at the site). The combination really equates to a place ripe for the pickings by a pseudo-clever person, but this guy wasn't clever enough I guess... Or he didn't expect them to take it this far.
The other thing was that the guy that contacted the police in Richmond didn't even get taken by the scammer... He just did it out of the kindness of his own heart to get some action taken on the guy.
You don't hear about happy endings like this when a scammer hits up people at Scum or other SW sites... I'm surprised it happened for the military boards I visit. Good for them.
