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Bad Guy Jeff and Christina Wise (Wise Reptiles) Stole Money from Benefit Auctions for Maggie

Dennis Hultman said:
Thanks for bringing this to the forefront Tom. I know a nice little letter was just sent to his future wife and a link to this thread. Who knows maybe she will care.

Don't know if it will do any good but Jeff will know this will never leave him.

Good Job.
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It was nothing, I'm just glad that once again, they are not anonymous and forgotten. The letter was a good idea, but it's been my experience that people who seek these types of people out are either this type of person themselves, or "ok with it". Stranger things have happened though.

Looks like both of them are making money legitimately now... maybe it's time for their debt to be repaid with interest. Any... ah... appropriate pressure towards that end is a good thing. ;) Probably not going to happen, but like I said, stranger things have.
 
You guys are awesome! When the notice came in my email i said another prayer in hopes that these people will have to pay. And now that he is "owner and operator " of a business maybe the time is now
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Lets wait on the employer and see if I can get my money back first. I already threatened him with that and contacting a local attorney to file suit.
 
crotalusadamanteus said:
Lets wait on the employer and see if I can get my money back first. I already threatened him with that and contacting a local attorney to file suit.
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I don't know how long ago you paid him, but I note this thread goes back several years and I haven't read all of it (yet). If you're serious about filing a lawsuit do it before the statute of limitations runs out.
 
I'm really sorry this happened to the community. I've bought two geckos from breeders here and I monitor the BOI and keep an eye out for any gecko deals in the classifieds daily. I'm really a nobody here on the BOI/Fauna but if I can make a suggestion. Since this is a lot of money and this was also done for a good cause as well as organized by a community, has anyone tried contacting the local news station or news paper in the Wise's area? I'm sure one if not both of them would be very interested in this story. If no one can or wants to do this I would be happy to. I just need to know what city the Wise's live in and maybe I can forward them this link or have them contact someone here on Fauna that is more intimate with this situation. Either way, this wrong needs to be made right. Please PM me if I can help.
 
So glad this thread is alive again! I joined fauna apparently right when the auctions were going on and was so sad that when everything was said and done they seemed to have gotten away with it. Well, apparently not everything has been said and done! Praying for justice.
 
Sorry, but this has been bothering me since I read some of this thread. I just hate people that take advantage of those in need so I called a station myself. I talked to ABC12. They cover Flint, Michigan (I hope this is where the Wises live). A producer wants a link to that youtube video posted by Dennis Hultman as well as a description of what transpired of the stolen money. When I have more time I'll look up some newspapers in that area and either send someone here that information. I'm afraid of contacting them myself because I would just end being a third party to this because I do not know the whole story. So here is where the information the producer from abc12 news wanted:

Link to the video (I assume it was a youtube video)
Parties involved
A description what happened
A contact person's name, phone number and email

Just remember this is only one news station. There are a lot more avenues through media we can go through such as other news channels and news papers. Even contacting some local pet stores and maybe emailing fliers with the Wise's picture and a brief description of what they did (kind of like a wanted poster).

I'm hoping at the least I helped a little bit because I really want to see the families get their money.
 
Oliver, does the producer know that this all went down over 4 years ago? I am all for getting the Wises for everything they have done, but I can't imagine a news outlet picking up a story like this now.
 
Yes, I told the producer I talked to that this has happened several years ago and a resolution still hasn't been found. I told them we (Fauna community and the families) needed they're help.

I forgot the email address for abc12. Its: [email protected]

The producer I talked to said that the assignment desk and other producers will all see the email. Just give it a good subject title. Maybe something like: Charity auction money stolen by couple
 
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I don't know how long ago you paid him, but I note this thread goes back several years and I haven't read all of it (yet). If you're serious about filing a lawsuit do it before the statute of limitations runs out.
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I realize that. I think it's 5 years for civil, unless it's felonious. But he's just smart enough that maybe it will work. If not, oh well. I been out the money all this time already.
 

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