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Saw this in my paper today
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http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/news/z1/07-31-04_z1_news_13.html
Was anyone from here scammed by this kid?I know there is a couple people here from Hammond Indiana where this guy is from.
[/quote]Teen, mother liable in scam
July 31, 2004
Post-Tribune staff report
A Hammond teenager and his mother have been ordered to pay more than $18,000 for the teen?s part in an Internet scam.
The Indiana attorney general?s office also is trying to get a court judgment against another teenager and his parents.
?Parents are responsible for monitoring their children?s activities on the Internet,? Attorney General Steve Carter said in a news release, ?because they can be held accountable for their actions.?
The attorney general?s office, which enforces the state?s consumer protection laws, filed civil suits in March against two Hammond teens who sold electronic equipment over the Internet but never delivered it.
The teens? parents also were named in the suits.
It was the first time the attorney general?s office had sued teenagers to recover money for consumers.
Carter announced Friday that a judge has ordered Brandon Harris and his mother, Sheila Carpure, to pay $6,000 to four people along with $10,000 in state penalties and $2,626 in court costs.
Carter?s spokeswoman said the court entered a default judgment when the teen and his mother didn?t contest the case.
The other case hasn?t been resolved yet. The teen, David Young Jr., and his parents have hired an attorney, Dock McDowell Jr., of Merrillville.
McDowell said Young denies participating in the scheme with any criminal intent, and his parents don?t believe they should be held responsible.
The people who bought laptops, a projector and a home theater system from the two teens in spring 2002 were from California, Texas, Oregon and Canada.
?This unique case serves as an example of the trouble children can get into over the Internet when not well supervised,? Carter said.[/quote]
LINK
http://www.post-trib.com/cgi-bin/pto-story/news/z1/07-31-04_z1_news_13.html
Was anyone from here scammed by this kid?I know there is a couple people here from Hammond Indiana where this guy is from.
[/quote]Teen, mother liable in scam
July 31, 2004
Post-Tribune staff report
A Hammond teenager and his mother have been ordered to pay more than $18,000 for the teen?s part in an Internet scam.
The Indiana attorney general?s office also is trying to get a court judgment against another teenager and his parents.
?Parents are responsible for monitoring their children?s activities on the Internet,? Attorney General Steve Carter said in a news release, ?because they can be held accountable for their actions.?
The attorney general?s office, which enforces the state?s consumer protection laws, filed civil suits in March against two Hammond teens who sold electronic equipment over the Internet but never delivered it.
The teens? parents also were named in the suits.
It was the first time the attorney general?s office had sued teenagers to recover money for consumers.
Carter announced Friday that a judge has ordered Brandon Harris and his mother, Sheila Carpure, to pay $6,000 to four people along with $10,000 in state penalties and $2,626 in court costs.
Carter?s spokeswoman said the court entered a default judgment when the teen and his mother didn?t contest the case.
The other case hasn?t been resolved yet. The teen, David Young Jr., and his parents have hired an attorney, Dock McDowell Jr., of Merrillville.
McDowell said Young denies participating in the scheme with any criminal intent, and his parents don?t believe they should be held responsible.
The people who bought laptops, a projector and a home theater system from the two teens in spring 2002 were from California, Texas, Oregon and Canada.
?This unique case serves as an example of the trouble children can get into over the Internet when not well supervised,? Carter said.[/quote]
