It was denounced by fraudsters using Internet auction sites.
A Newport News, Virginia, man guilty in Federal Court Monday to scamming man popular Internet sites auctions, including eBay.
Sean Fitzgerald, 25, acknowledged the U.S. District Court to provide items such as computers, software and movies on Internet auction sites and customers with illegal copies of goods or not, that their ever. More than 127 victims from afar, such as Australia lost more than $ 119000, said federal authorities.
Prosecutors said the case, the first of its kind in eastern Virginia, but by the Federal Trade Commission, Internet-auction fraud is a growing problem.
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