Scam literary agent finally brought to court

[EC2]

Some of these sums are astonishing! The mind boggles, both about the scammer and the scammed.

http://accrispin.blogspot.com/2010/01/law-finally-catches-up-with-faux.html

[michellemoran]

Oh my gosh. Look how much money he took/stole from these people. But Cecil Humphery-Smith... come on! When you have nothing to show for your $500,000 (?), don't you become a little suspicious? Sad. I guess, since this industry is so subjective and response times can be anywhere from 1 minute to 1 year, maybe you don't realize you're being scammed until it's too late. Imagine being out all that money? :[

[Anna Elliott]

How completely horrible! As if trying to get published isn't tough enough even when you deal with completely reputable, honest people.

[cw gortner]

Horrendous.:mad: All the more reason to always research a potential agent to make sure of their legitimacy; not being approved by AAR, etc. are red flags to heed.

[LoveHistory]

Well thank goodness he's being prosecuted.

[parthianbow]

Will the suckers, I mean people he ripped off, get their money back?
I doubt it very much. He'll probably get out in a couple of years too. :mad: