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Forum - View topicNEWS: Otakon Asks for Info on Suspected Fraud by Ex-Staffer
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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I wonder if members will have to pay more if they come forward? I would think not.
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Tofusensei
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They really can't posthumously ask for any more money from his victims
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prime_pm
 Posts: 2375 Location: Your Mother's Bedroom |
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I was wondering why my badge had He-Man on it.
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fighterholic
Posts: 9193 |
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I wonder how they figured out which ones were fraud, too.
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kokuryu
 Posts: 915 |
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Hmmm, I have to double-check my messages, I think I got something for this thru MySpace...
Maybe he was giving out discounts to his friends or something like that... |
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Viga_of_stars
 Posts: 1240 Location: Washington D.C. in the Anime Atelier |
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Wouldn't the copies be obvious based on the way they could have been crafted. Or maybe he just stole passes and sold them?
Either way, he's done. |
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se37
 Posts: 229 Location: Annapolis, Maryland |
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With how they "checked" the badges this year I don't think anybody would have noticed they were fake. After all, a few baseball fans (a baseball game was going on at the time in Baltimore) got into the Dealers Room a few times because they really didn't check the badges. I remember that was one thing I didn't like this year was they didn't seem to really notice the badges that much.
Not only that, he worked for Otakon so he would have had access to the real badges and make copies of them and sell them himself. |
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jvowles
Otakon Representative
 Posts: 219 Location: Maryland |
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I can't say too much more, but it seems clear that he actually used legit convention badge materials. And that people who bought badges in good faith are not being penalized by us. Though, since we lack their membership information, they can't be entered into the member database, which means they won't be able to take advantage of other member perks or to renew their membership next year. If they come forward, we get a better idea of the extent of his actions, and we can legitimize their memberships. Everyone (who deserves to) wins.
I suppose it's inevitable that something like this would happen sooner or later, but it's extremely disappointing. And there are several staffers who are understandably livid about the whole thing. But yes, either way, he's done. |
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BellosTheMighty
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Blessing in disguise. Seriously, that renewal form on the website is such a piece of shit. I tried to pre-reg twice seperate times, got the little confirmation e-mail each time, and when I got through the traditional line from hell Thursday, they checked the database and told me I had renewed three different times and none of them had been "completed"- meaning they knew I had told them three times that I was interested in attending, and yet they couldn't give me my badge because the system was broke. They told me to wait on ANOTHER line to speak to "Registration Issues", or whatever it was called, but I knew where that was going- 5-10 minutes of some unappreciated gofer fiddling with a keyboard trying to understand what's going on, then a shrug and a "I'm sorry, I can't help you." I wound up having to pay the on-site rate. *ahem* Sorry, little rant there... Uh, good convention otherwise, though. |
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PatrickD
Posts: 95 Location: California |
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I'm glad that you published his name. It should be helpful to any other convention he applies to since hopefully they'll at least do a Google search on their new applicant. I suspect this is something they'd definitely want to take into consideration when reviewing the application. |
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Sariachan
 Posts: 1507 Location: Italy |
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Is this con the same as the one in which happened all that drama about the Artists Alley? |
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GregZor
 Posts: 25 Location: Northeast Ohio |
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It's terrible that they posted his name just because he allegedly did something maybe illegal.
I hope he sues for defamation. |
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BellosTheMighty
Posts: 767 |
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For ripping off people by selling fake badges? No sympathy. Actually, I can't see how ANYONE would have sympathy, unless... are you the guy in question? 0_o |
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fighterholic
Posts: 9193 |
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His name is Geoff Beebe. There, I've said it. His name will now be available on the forums for everybody to see who hasn't read the article. I can't wait to get the call saying that somebody wants to drag my ass into court. |
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hikaru004
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Otakon's long gone and a memory now. I fail to see the point in all of this.
What membership perks are actually being missed by those with the other badges? Is Otakon after reimbursement from the badge holders? And if this guy does turn out to be innocent, I hope he sues their butts off. |
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