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ADVANCE NOTICE
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Carlton Bruce Ross also known as Charles Griffin has been arrested and charged with seven counts of Fraud. Court is set for June 9, 2010 at the Winnipeg Provincial court office.
RCMP
Commercial Crime Section

Read the arrest stories about him:
http://news.google.com/news/story?hl=en&q=Carleton+Bruce+Ross&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=d6C6Fm6v8BEbCDMDMvTly-SxhE23M&ei=BN_rS_-PNIS0lQeOluG1CA&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQqgIwAA

Over 20 people have contacted us about this man now. Someone will catch him soon.This man is a liar and a thief.china2677

The following is the opinion of Kimball M. Sterling president of Kimball M. Sterling Inc. Auctioneers. Two time winner of the "Best of Show" award from the National Auctioneers Association and an Internationally known auctioneer for the past 15-20 years.

April 28th- If you have ust googled "LOUIS BOULLE GRANDFATHER CLOCK aft JEAN-HENRI RIESENER " read this before you buy

Hi Kimball,

I did something really stupid myself. Nikita took his listing off of ebay before the auction ended and I sent him a message asking him why he did that. Then I bought the pedestal from him outside of ebay. Ebay is always cautioning people not to do that. It sounds like Dan didn't use paypal. He paid for the things he bought with a bank transfer. For several months now, ebay won't let people sell things unless they accept payment by paypal. I think Nikita is getting people to buy things outside of ebay and with payment methods that are insecure. When I talked to him on the phone, he told me I could send him a money transfer. That's the least secure payment method. Nikita's using ebay to advertise his things (if they really are his, and they probably aren't) and then screwing people by getting them to do things that ebay cautions against. That's probably why they didn't care when Dan contacted them. I fell victim to Nikita because the thing he advertised on ebay was the coolest piece of antique furniture I've ever seen. I just really wanted it and was willing to take the chance. I should have told him I would drive to Montreal and pick it up and pay him when I picked it up. It's too late for that now. Oh well.

Have a good day. And thanks for being so proactive in trying to put a stop to this idiot's scams. It was good to hear that someone read your website and it prevented him from buying that clock that Nikita advertised. You're a good man.

Date: Apr 28, 2010 12:58 AM
dear sir, this man ripped me off $2500.00 on the same clock that the other guy was talking about. and now he has it back on ebay!!! along with other things!!! this guy needs to be caught...

Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 9:57 PM

Doug:
Thank you so much for contacting me about Nikita Bentley Ross alias Charles Griffin. I have contacted an attorney in Winnipeg and intended on contacting the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. What address did you use for the Canadian Police? I would be interested in working with you on this. He stole $8,000 from me and anything in Canada below $10,000 is a small claims case. Together he took over $10,000 from the two of us. Maybe this would be of greater interest for the RCMP? I was told to contact the FBI fine arts fraud division and the internet fraud division and they would work with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

If you have any more contacts or information I would appreciate knowing. Again I certainly appreciate you getting with me and one day this thief will have to recon with the legal authorities.
What really made me mad was that e-bay did nothing to help me and he even filed a complaint against me saying I did not pay him! Of course the bank transfer was sent to Charles Alexander Griffin his alias.

Thanks

Subject: re; charles alexander griffin
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>this person tried to sell me a fantastic clock i saw on ebay outside of the protection of ebay requesting wire transfer of funds for payment the names used on ebay as a sller is china2677 and the emails all came from a woman supposidly claming to be his wife nikita ross , as much as i want tthis clock im not going to fall into his deceit , yo asved me from loosing money with your posting an im ma very grateful , if its of any consequence i have his bank acct numbers at jp morgan chase and the royal bank of canada , michael
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Subject: re; charles alexander griffin
Date: Apr 11, 2010 8:20 PM

Dear Sir

this person tried to sell me a fantastic clock i saw on ebay outside of the protection of ebay requesting wire transfer of funds for payment the names used on ebay as a sller is china2677 and the emails all came from a woman supposidly claming to be his wife nikita ross , as much as i want tthis clock im not going to fall into his deceit , yo saved me from loosing money with your posting an im very grateful , if its of any consequence i have his bank acct numbers at jp morgan chase and the royal bank of canada ,

Update: March 21, 2009:
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>To: kimballsterling@earthlink.net
>Subject: Charles Griffin
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>Hi,
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>Thank you for posting the information about Charles Griffin. Last fall I bought something from him online and sent him a check for $2,850. I’ve never received the item. I’ve sent him messages about it and I’ve gotten responses. The person who sends the responses signs his name Phil. For a few months he’s been telling me that Charles has been incapacitated with some serious infection. He won’t give me any other information. I’m sure Phil is really Charles. I’ll contact the Winnipeg authorities. I’ll probably never see my money, but now that I’ve seen your posting on the internet, I’ll start to do something about it.
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Update of Charels Jan 24,2009:

I have received this info from another auction gallery:

Kimball,

I've just confirmed that Charles Alexander Griffin is indeed going by the name Nikita Carleton Bentley Ross, nowadays. I just wanted to let you know that for your own records, in case he tries to bid with you again. Thanks a lot for posting the deadbeat's information on line; it was super helpful. I like to avoid potential problems before the hammer falls...and you and I both know that Charles Griffin aka Nikita Ross is a problem

Charles Alexander Griffin, Yes I said Charles Alexander Griffin
42 Driftwood Bay
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R2J-3P9
Canada

Call us to find out more about this deadbeat bidder. He owes us for a purchase. About 2285.00 and will not answer calls or emails.
Auctioneers be aware of this guy. Please blacklist this bidder. Call us at 423-928-1471 and we will tell you more. We are in the process of filling a suit against him under the UCC.
He will not know it but someday when he shows his passport at customs he will have a surprise here in the United States.

In my opinion you should not believe a word he says. This notice is posted September !st, 2008. Any notice posted anywhere else after this date from this deadbeat bidder should be one of his lies.

We have been in business for 20 years and have never had a person like this bid at any of our auctions.

Kimball M.
Sterling

I do know that

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