Brian Dunning lawsuit

IMST said:
Can be trouble with border crossings still. A friend of mine has a felony from the '80s, something along the lines of using his face to assault a police officer's fist. It's a complete nightmare to even try to get him into Canada.
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From our side of the border, it is impossible for a Canadian with a criminal record to enter the U.S., so this does not surprise me.
 
WillyWonka said:
From our side of the border, it is impossible for a Canadian with a criminal record to enter the U.S., so this does not surprise me.
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Not impossible. A friend of mine was once stopped at the Québec/Vermont border, trying to cross into Vermont. He was asked if he had a criminal record. He hesitated, then he admitted he had been charged with possession of hashish when he was young (I forgot if he was 17 or 18, he might have been a minor). They let him cross.

Of course, possessing mild drugs as a youth != felony fraud... but he does have a record. I'd have to ask him if it was a juvie record or not.
 
KoihimeNakamura said:
Good chance he serves jail time too.
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On wikipedia an editor says he has the plea agreement and that "Dunning faces a maximum sentence of 29 months in confinement and no fine".

I'm not sure where that leaves restitution, or the separate eBay civil case which is on hold until the criminal case is over.
 
icerat said:
On wikipedia an editor says he has the plea agreement and that "Dunning faces a maximum sentence of 29 months in confinement and no fine".

I'm not sure where that leaves restitution, or the separate eBay civil case which is on hold until the criminal case is over.
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Considering the trial to determine this isn't yet over, I doubt it..
 
riptor said:
Skepticblog has suspended posts from Dunning until after the case is completed. They don't give any more information but they do link to Dunning's partial explanation given on Skeptoid.

http://www.skepticblog.org/2013/04/21/update-on-brian-dunning/
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A link to Dunning's explanation as already been posted here and many of us read it.

However, the facts of Mr. Dunning's situation and the explanations Dunning put forth in his explanation appear to be mutually exclusive. Reconciling those differences will probably not be possible for those of us not associated with the case until after the trials are over. And that could be awhile because after the feds are done with him, Ebay seems poised to take a whack or two at him as well.
 
Thanks for the article, Caper.

"Dunning had earned $7 million in commissions from eBay over time, the court papers say."

They later quote Dunning as saying "Some bloggers and commenters have claimed that I personally made outrageous amounts of money. This is demonstrably false. Although I did well for the better part of a year, most of the money mentioned in the suit was earned by another affiliate"...

However, 35 million is the amount mentioned in the suit, 28 million of it earned by Hogan.


Dunnng continues, "and our chunk was divided into many different pie slices. I was only one of those slices, despite being the only one criminally charged from our company. I’ve already spent more money in legal fees than I earned from eBay".

I don't have any sympathy. Wasn't it Dunning's company?
 
Yeah, he only earned a small slice of that pie... only 7 millions instead of 35. The poor man, give him a break! :v:
 
While he was talking about the dishonest actions of others, he was quietly and surreptitiously stealing more money than most of us will see in a lifetime.
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Takes a thief to catch a thief....
 
Hm. I still want to see the trial. Really curious where the skeptoid donations went.

In any case, yes, IIRC he was the owner of his tech firm. Which means he probably kept at least 40% of the profits. Sad, because I like his podcast, but my sympathy is pretty limited to familial impact.
 
KoihimeNakamura said:
Hm. I still want to see the trial. Really curious where the skeptoid donations went.

In any case, yes, IIRC he was the owner of his tech firm. Which means he probably kept at least 40% of the profits. Sad, because I like his podcast, but my sympathy is pretty limited to familial impact.
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I'm not sure the Skeptoid donation history would be an element of the trial. It also would not be unusual for someone to compartmentalize their income in such a way as to insure, for example, the Skeptoid project is separate and self-funded, as a sort of cost-center of its own.
 
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