Recent content by harigupta

What would the situation be in a real auction, should a plant bid against real bidders. If found out, the plant would be up for criminal and tortious damages, but would the auction house be liable? I'd say, unless they actually aided and abetted the action, they'd get away scott free. However...

I have to agree, as given the legal resources that Ebay has at its disposal a single small claimant has no chance of creating law without investing thousands of dollars of their own money. Thanks for the opportunity to participate by adding this thread... Cheers Hari

Philip, Would you say that victims of this or other fraud on Ebay have an action in tort against Ebay for the damages? Especially given Ebay's secrecy and apparent complicity in the fraud? Hari

It would be fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of the scammer, but the problem with many of these fraudulent Ebayers is that it is very easy for them to 'go missing'. Ebay must do virtually no verification of addresses and therefore it is very easy for a person to give Ebay, and any...

My jurisdiction is: Mexico/Australia Hi there, I hope that I didn't start this tread in a different subject. After being scammed on ebay I was thinking of a possible test case of claiming that Ebay should be found liable (taking contributory negligence into account) for frauds that...

I highly recommend that you try and reschedule your appearence explaining the mitigating circumstances. Non appearance for a misdemeanor may escalate the matter and it may become indictable, which could lead to further fines, a criminal record or even imprisonment. Better to be safe than sorry...

In most countries there is a process to expedite citizenship applications, but you must have good reasons to be place higher in the queue. I was granted Irish citizenship 1 year earlier than expected because I am married to an irish diplomat and was to all intents and purposes representing...

I could not work out what nationality she was. Sounds as if she doesn't have a criminal record for the incident mentioned. If the matter was dropped or it was paid for by way of a fine and no conviction was recorded, she would not have a criminal record. However the safest thing to do would be...

It is so old that it was probably issued before computers. It probably was not migrated across, when their system became automated. Another possibility is that the number used was not in the same format as the numbers used today acreating a conflict in their systems and causing your number to be...

The easiest and safest route is for him to return home and follow the correct procedure. As an illegal, he could easily be deported anyway and made to pay the costs. Furthermore, if deported or convicted or even if found to be an illegal, this could affect his chances of ever being allowed to...

Wouldn't be a very nice thing to do but: http://www.ice.gov/about/contact.htm

There is no right to citizenship only a right to apply. A child born to a US citizen by birth will be able to apply for citizenship. In order to get citizenship it would be necessary to prove parentage and prove that the father was a US citizen by birth (not naturalised). If this is possible...

Remember that your status is an illegal migrant which could land you in gaol if you get caught. Obviously deportation is another possibility which could result in denial of readmittance. The easiest/slightly dangerous way would be to fly back to OZ and complete the paperwork from there. Or if...

The child never has an automatic right to citizenship - it has the right to apply for citizenship (or the parents can do it on the child's behalf. The parent's nationalities will remain unchanged unless they can qualify for citizenship until the residential rule. The child, once an American...

I am a immigration specialist from Oz and we have very similar laws re: immigration. The most important thing is to disclose the offence when you apply for PR as this will show contrition and will show that it was a one off. The Kiwi officials look at criminal records in much the same way as...