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    3 face prison time in special toilet paper scam

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Talk about a dirty scam.

    Federal prosecutors in Florida say at least three people working for a septic tank company duped customers into buying about $1 million in unnecessary products — in some cases enough toilet paper to last more than 70 years.

    More than a dozen customers were told they needed special toilet paper to avoid ruining their septic tanks because the federal government changed regulations on toilet paper. The federal government does not regulate septic tank products.

    The trio pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to commit wire fraud.

    The Miami Herald reported (http://bit.ly/uNgbS7 ) that they worked for FBK Products. A phone number for the Riviera Beach-based company was not working Saturday.

    The trio faces up to two decades in prison when they are sentenced in February.

     
    • Plan A  •  5 mths ago
      There's a sucker born every minute.
    • Tom  •  5 mths ago
      It going to be embarrassing to tell their murderer cellmate the reason they are in prison is because they sold toilet paper to old people.
      • TheEndOfObamagedden 5 mths ago
        Yep, but Richard Pryor said that when you're in jail you've got to make them laugh or give up the boo-tay... Once you tell Bubba why you're in there, he's going to bust a gut laughing every time he sees you.
      • Greyghost 5 mths ago
        LOL Tom!
    • duh!  •  5 mths ago
      That was one sh**ty scam!!!
    • Vickie  •  Richardson, United States  •  5 mths ago
      I cannot believe that somebody actually fell for that scheme. Fricken toilet paper is only toilet paper. Of course there are people out there that would buy anything that somebody would offer them
      • LAE 5 mths ago
        But this sounds like some of the emails we get WARNING us about the overreaching federal government that republicans send out en masse.
      • Reader 5 mths ago
        You obviously don't know #$%$ about tp. There are, in fact, ultra-degradable types that are made for certain systems with holding tanks, like those in RV's. I would imagine that these crooks pedaled those types, unnecessarily, to their marks.
      • Tiger boy 5 mths ago
        Sorry, toilet paper as you know it is NOT toilet paper. You've obviously never had to use the toilet paper in Brazil (like brown or rust colored paper towels you get to check your oil with at the service station) or the toilet paper in Russia (They don't have any--just a hole in the floor with two "footprints" to line you up!) or like they have to buy in bulk in England (which is like the old wax covered butcher paper that once was used to wrap meat in at the meat market)! Been there and done all those! Thus, endeth your daily toilet paper lesson! LMAO!
    • I'm your Huckleberry  •  Boulder, United States  •  5 mths ago
      The trio can be sentenced to 20 years...yet the woman who drug a man to his death behind her SUV in Colorado Springs only faces 6 years.

      ONLY in America.
    • John Smith  •  5 mths ago
      where do you store "70 years worth of t.p."???
      • Winonde Workman 5 mths ago
        There goes the spigils catalogg pages one through three (reserved) for hollywood
      • Hans Delbruck 5 mths ago
        Sell it to Pakistan for really high prices.
      • Fred 5 mths ago
        That's what I asked my wife last time she returned from shopping at Costco.
    • derekJ  •  Tampa, United States  •  5 mths ago
      they only stole millions. so i am sure probation will be given, since it was not a drug offense. fraud is never dealt with hard enough in this country.

      sell a dime bag, get ten - fifteen. steal millions, probation, maybe a year or two.

      Make fraud and corporate theft a mandatory minimum of ten years, and i bet it would stop a lot of people from doing things like this.
      • Ruth 5 mths ago
        The people who commit fraud and corporate theft are white; the war on drugs which was supposed to go after the drug kingpins, and didn't, targets mostly black and Hispanic kids who are handed jail sentences much more frequently than a white kid for the same offense.The establishment wants the white kids to be able to vote, get those potential voters of color out of the voting pools as fast as they can. At least that is what the phenomenon looks like it is doing. The war on drugs does what the Jim Crow laws did and what the voter ID laws are trying to do, limit the voting rights of the old, poor, and minorities. Keep this country a whites only place where power is concerned.
      • Hans Delbruck 5 mths ago
        Derekj, people need to start, taking responsibility for their actions, and we need to set an example.
      • derekJ 5 mths ago
        agreed. born in yonkers, too! cool. are you really Hans, or Abby someone?? Abby Normal maybe??
    • legalswashbuckler  •  Colusa, United States  •  5 mths ago
      I applaud the victims' optimism that they will be using toilet paper 70 years from now.
    • mortas  •  Seymour, United States  •  5 mths ago
      With all the information on the internet, how can someone be so stupid.
    • kristi  •  5 mths ago
      Can we arrest gas station owners that supply sub-standard toilet paper, you know, the stuff your fingers go right through when its wet, thats a crime!
    • mark  •  Austin, United States  •  5 mths ago
      As a plumber for over 40 years I have been asked to sale lots of septic products . The only products that I sale are root killers ,and bacteria additives ., but I tell them to only put toilet paper in the toilet, no baby wipes, handy wipes,cosmetic wipes,diapers , and female products. these will not dissolve . They float on top and smother the bacteria causing you to have to pump your tank more often but toilet paper is not the problem.
    • Richard F  •  Berkeley, United States  •  5 mths ago
      You can never be too rich, too good looking, or have too much toilet paper.
    • A Yahoo! user  •  5 mths ago
      Yet the Bank CEO'S get handouts and bonuses...go figure.
    • Fred  •  Willcox, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Some people will believe anything if you tell them it's Obama's fault, even changing toilet paper regulations.
    • The MeXorcist  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Stories like this just can't be made up.
    • James Loganwolf  •  Lower Salem, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Funny tou can get 2 decades in jail for doing what Retail does everyday . lmao .
    • Patrick Downing  •  5 mths ago
      Has the toilet paper industry hit bottom ? I'm afraid to log on !
    • Andrea  •  Tampa, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Is it just me or does something about this stink?
    • jeff  •  Canton, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Talk about a crappy deal.
    • mmmm  •  Dayton, United States  •  5 mths ago
      amazing. if you drink and run someone over you get no jail time if your a pro football player.
      if you sexually abuse kids you get off with 100,000 dollars bail.
      if you sell illegal toilet paper you get 20 years in jail.
      wonder what those guys get for stealing toilet paper from arizona diner?

      at least our judicial system is fair and balanced.
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