Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Live Event Production Companies Report Gear Losses in Multi-State Scam
PLSN: "Live event production companies in the Denver, Atlanta and Nashville areas have collectively suffered losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and possibly more than $1 million, worth of audio gear to a man identifying himself as Greg Bruce, gregbaudio@gmail.com , 646-398-1662, 'tour technical director' of Sony Music. Other companies have also been affected by the alleged scam but have not yet made their losses public.
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It's always sad to hear of industry companies taking a hard hit. Especially when the loss of property reaches almost a million dollars. Are people less worried about checking references and credentials? Are we a small, and therefore friendly industry? I'm guessing that maybe that's the case. Obviously in this case it's not ended up well for these companies. But I've heard of other stories where tractor trailers have been hijacked with a full load of production equipment and industry websites quickly pushed the story out into the web 2.0 matrix asking for help in retrieving stolen property.
I wonder what the scam artist behind this has in mind. Surely some of the gear is labeled, wouldn't people notice that coming around, and have the kindness to turn it in. Or maybe we're not so friendly and there are production companies out there that won't question the purchase of expensive specialized technology out of the back of a truck.
This is quite a sad story, it saddens me that here is another case of why we cannot be as trusting as people used to be. It is unfortunate that these companies had to suffer these losses, and I am dsure they will put any new applicants under very strict scrutiny from now on. However, this con man surprises me, first like Charles said, wont people notice differently labled equipment, especially if he tries to pass it off aas his own? Or also, why has he used the same name at least through the companies in this article, and ssumedly the other ones as well? Wouldnt it be smarter to, though it wouldnt stem people off for long, to use different aliases? Regardless, I hope that this man will soon be brought to justice, and if he hasnt already sold some of the equipment, I hope that the companies can make back some of their losses.
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