Miami eBay coin dealer guilty to fraud
Published June 18th, 2006
A rare coin dealer has pleaded guilty to charges that he defrauded more than $400,000 from buyers who purchased collectibles from him through eBay, the online auction site, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Martin Eugene Haber of Miami pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to six counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud. He faces up to 20 years in prison for each of charge, up to $250,000 in fines and could be ordered to pay restitution to the victims when he is sentenced Aug. 22.
Authorities received nearly 190 complaints from buyers who did not receive the merchandise they purchased on eBay from Haber between May 2001 and January 2005.
Haber was arrested twice by local authorities, but continued to sell items on the Internet under the names of family members, friends and business associates, prosecutors said.
