I saw a fascinating story on the television about this guy named Wayne Bray, who partnered with Greg Marino to forge and sell millions of dollars worth of sports memorabilia, all engraved with fake signatures. He worked as an “Authenticator and Wholesaler” in San Marcos, California, selling the forgeries to hundreds of dealers.

The show is called Masterminds: Foul Ball. Most of it is an actor playing Bray, but he appears several times talking about what he did.

They said at his peak, he was passing off ten million dollars worth of counterfeits per month. By 1999, the FBI was …

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Sorry for the lack of updates this week. It’s been busy for me… mainly because I have school and work (20 hours per week for the summer). And that’s right in the middle of the week (Monday-Thursday), where it keeps me busy.

Anyway, I’m trying now to switch jobs… to move back to the Ormond Beach library from Holly Hill (I’ve written of the two on my about page). My boss isn’t being nice to me. I told her that maybe she shouldn’t go into library service, because she doesn’t seem to enjoy the work. That hit close too home …

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