A judge sentenced Todd Wilson Short on Friday to 10 years in prison and ordered him to pay $1.8 million in restitution to his victims, according to the Ashville Citizen-Times website. Short, the proprietor of J.C. Morris, had pled guilty to fraud on April 21, 2004.
AuctionBytes reported on this case in 2003 when we wrote about Dale Peterson, a victim who bought a laptop from J.C. Morris & Co through a Yahoo Store and said he never received the computer or a refund. Peterson proceeded to research the company and created a website devoted to exposing Short, who used eBay as well as other online sites. (http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y03/m05/i19/s03)
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050618/NEWS01/50617045/1001
