Interesting story!
Police say a Jacksonville man bilked hundreds of people out of possibly thousands of dollars through unfulfilled transactions on his sports memorabilia Web site.

Jacksonville police arrested Eual Brent Hallford, 40, on Monday on three charges of credit card abuse and two charges of debit card abuse. He was arraigned and posted a $25,000 bond.

Hallford owned an Internet business called Trading Card Collectibles. The company’s Web site, www.tradingcardcollectibles.com, has been disabled, but a note posted to the site on Nov. 1 stated that the company was “financially unable to stay in business.” The note expressed hope the site would re-open and gave an e-mail address for customers wishing to contact Hallford.

Hundreds have already contacted the Tyler Better Business Bureau, said Ann Harris, the BBB’s director of standards and practices.

“We’re getting calls on that company every day,” she said.

In the past year, the BBB received 750 inquiries into the company and 89 complaints against it. The issues were usually the same, Ms. Harris said.

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