A Wood County jury took less than two hours to convict a Fostoria man of selling tickets to the 2005 Ohio State-Michigan football game, then leaving the buyers empty-handed.
Jurors found Mark West, 54, guilty of theft and telecommunications fraud for taking more than $161,000 from 250 people who ordered tickets through the Internet auction […]

The online-payment service PayPal will simplify its user agreement and better inform users about fraud protection under an agreement announced Thursday with 28 state attorneys general.
PayPal said it already has removed links from its user agreement to make the document easier for people to read and print. During the payment process, PayPal now explains how […]

The county will be auctioning off numerous items on Saturday, Sept. 30 in West Burlington Township, including a number of canoes and paddle boats, vehicles, and computer equipment.
The items are no longer needed by the county, said Nancy Schrader, chairman of the Bradford County commissioners.
The auction, which begins at 10 a.m, will take place […]

A former Tumwater woman is on the run after Thurston County prosecutors charged her Tuesday in one of the biggest fraud cases in county history.
Sri Lankan native Shaniha Somasundaran allegedly took hundreds of thousands of dollars from people who responded to her eBay offers to sell gold coins. But in many cases Somasundaran never delivered, […]

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“My gut feeling is that this is an authentic Pollock,” said Rich Ranft, chief auctioneer and president of Beloit Auction Service, speaking of a painting which will cross his auction block on October 25.
The painting in question measures approximately 7 ½ inches by 24 inches, is unsigned, and is accomplished in the drip […]

Five former Sinclair gas stations were sold at auction here with total bids at $550,000, Higgenbotham Auctioneers said.
The bids are subject to confirmation by Sinclair Oil Corp. of Salt Lake City, which is getting out of retail gasoline sales in Montana and Idaho.
Three former stations in Great Falls were sold Tuesday, along with one in […]

The 76-year-old Lightship New Bedford, one of a handful U.S. lightships remaining in the world, was put up for bid but got no takers as potential buyers grumbled about the conditions the city put on the sale.
The city said 20 historic artifacts - including the ship’s foghorn, beacon, mast and […]