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Brief: Alleged eBay fraudster charged with grand theft

By David Legard, IDG News Service

DECEMBER 06, 2002

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The district attorney of California has charged a 27-year-old man with grand theft following an alleged fraud on the online eBay Inc. auction house that ensnared 170 customers, the state district attorney's office said in a statement Wednesday.

Chris Chong Kim was charged on four counts of grand theft and 26 counts of holding a mock auction. The criminal complaint alleges a loss of $453,000 to 26 customers, San Jose-based eBay and Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America Corp., according to the statement.

Kim had been selling desktop computers and laptops from his business site on eBay for two years, but allegedly stopped shipments in April while continuing to accept money on eBay.

About 170 customers complained to the Internet Fraud Complaint Center, and the case was investigated by the Southern California High Tech Task Force. Kim's site, called Calvin Auctions, was closed in July.

Kim was arrested Tuesday and is being held on $400,000 bail. If convicted, he faces up to 24 years in jail, according to the statement.

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