[IYAS9YAS]

I had an acquaintance from school, whom I'd known since we were about 8, who got caught forging ski passes to the local ski area in my home state.

So, the question that is unanswered here is, was this a scam where he claimed to have tickets and didn't, or was this a scam where he said he could make the tickets (high-tech printing business) and didn't deliver? In other words, are these people truly victims (albeit stupid victims), or are they co-conspirators?

[Tax-chick]

That’s the point I was trying to make. You put it better.