A law school student in Britain stole over $10,000 in an eBay scam and trashed his hopes of ever practicing as a lawyer in the process.
34-year-old Asif Ahmed, 34, listed a number of electronic items for sale on eBay, and of course did not send the nonexistent items when the auctions were completed.
The silly part of this is that Ahmed used his own name and bank information when he sold the bogus goods, so it was easy for law enforcement officials to track him down when the complaints started rolling in.
His sentence for the scam? 300 hours community service. Think this is sufficient for the crime, or should they have been harder on him?
This man in Sacramento, CA was sentenced to 2 years in prison for the same type of crime, albeit he did take a little more money.
Think there is a sentencing discrepancy here - UK vs. US?
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I’m not surprised - California has always had pretty tough sentencing guidelines - I mean look at their stance on the 3-strikes laws, etc. The guy in the UK should have probably seen some jail time too, in addition to the community service portion of his sentence.
California is turning into a police state - don’t let them be the place on which all other sentences are judged against.
I think the UK sentence is fair. The US one is a bit harsh, especially if he made restitution to his victims.
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