Never mind the civil suits, it sounds to me (from the facts you quoted) that 
criminal charges might have been warranted.

        paul

> On Oct 17, 2022, at 2:38 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk 
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> I did.  It stretched on for a couple years, as civil suits are wont to do.
> But because I didn't have the legal chops I have now, I did not prevail.
> 
> Hard lesson learned.  Trust no man.  Definitely trust no lawyer.
> 
> Sellam
> 
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 2:00 AM Tom Hunter via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Did you take them to court again to get compensation for what must have
>> been a substantial loss? Very strange story. You must have been furious.
>> 
>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2022, 4:54 pm Sellam Abraham via cctalk, <
>> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Long story very short:
>>> 
>>> Landlords evicted me from their warehouse where my collection was stored
>>> and wouldn't let me back in.  Had to go to court.  Regained access and
>> was
>>> able to pull out 20% of the collection before they locked me out again
>> for
>>> good.  Then sold the rest to computer recyclers, who proceeded to scatter
>>> it to the wind.
>>> 
>>> Sellam
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 1:43 AM Ali via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You had to ask......I was there 3000 years ago (or about 10 years ago
>> in
>>>> non Tolkien meme terms) and it wasn't pretty....
>>>> -------- Original message --------From: Tom Hunter via cctalk <
>>>> cctalk@classiccmp.org> Date: 10/17/22  1:31 AM  (GMT-08:00) To:
>> "General
>>>> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc:
>>> Tom
>>>> Hunter <ccth6...@gmail.com> Subject: [cctalk] Great Vintage Computer
>>>> Heist of 2012 Sellam Abraham referred to a "Great VintageComputer Heist
>>> of
>>>> 2012". What was that about? Who stole what and where andwhy?
>>> 
>> 

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