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said the library is checking to see if any
of the books belonged to them, but it is
a long process because many of the
eBay listings don't have the exact book
title. Carver said she is confident that a
significant number of the books were
from the library.
She added that this was the li
brary's first case of auction fraud as
well as its first case of major book
theft since the late 1980s.
Williams said Collver, who was on
probation for another crime, turned
himself in to his probation officer on
March 29. Collver had pledged to turn
himself in sooner but failed to do so.
According to Williams, Collver claimed
to have personal business to attend to
before being taken into custody.
EPD is holding Collver on charges
of first degree theft, which is theft of
more than $750, selling stolen proper
ty and computer crime, Williams said.
Beyond these charges, Collver has
seven outstanding warrants in Mari
on, Linn, Benton and Lane counties,
Williams said.
Williams said online-auction fraud
is fairly common in Eugene.
"We get a lot of eBay fraud cases,"
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he said, adding that victims of these
cases have been located all over the
country, and some in other parts of
the world. It is difficult, however, to
get victims from outside of Oregon to
the trials to testify against suspects.
"If the dollar amount is high
enough, (the cases) usually get federal
attention," he said.
Carver said she doesn't know how
Collver was able to get the books past
the security system.
"We have a good and reliable secu
rity system," she said. "It's the one in
place in most libraries."
She added that it's not airtight but the
library has no plans to change the system.
Carver said book dealers aren't in
terested in buying books with li
brary seals and stealing from the li
brary isn't worth it.
"(Selling stolen books) might work
for awhile" Carver said. "But eventually
someone will alert the owning library."
She added that eBay and other or
ganizations have good mechanisms
in place to alert authorities.
An eBay representative said that
the organization had no one to
speak on this issue.
Contact the crime/health/
safety reporter
at lisacatto@daiiyemeraid.com.
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