He's accused of theft of property. Not murder. He is going to make bond.

Of which is a good sign for those who hope to get restitution at the end of this deal.

Sorry to hear this debacle is still ongoing.

Gets me riled up to no end when I hear statements like this? Then people loose their hard earned cash who never knew any better being newbs and now have this to deal with.

Back yard in the dark "Personal Message" ARFCOM sales and not even a NV dealer to begin with but only CHEAP pricing which it seems the community only cares about any longer no matter where it's made...Russian, Chinese, or whom or where it comes from...Hey it's cheap and in this case "this guy can be trusted"... "yea I ordered from him, he's good to go", "don't tell anyone publicly"!

Shaking my head yet again.

In the mean time the secret squirrel underground PM sales dealers are alive and well. Let it be known, I'm gonna start forwarding ALL PM's I get on this crap to Sr. Staff no matter how large the volume I get. This stops now.

If any more of you think your getting "taken" PM me with confidence, enough is enough.

"Wonder where all the insiders were on this?" A line from another from the Chris Adams fiasco that was never answered when the daggers where getting thrown insinuating we were somehow responsible! Despicable and fake news.

SFCCHANCE, our offer stands with you as well. If we can do anything to help let us know. We've been assisting many with super low pricing to mend some wounds. Maybe your home owners insurance can help. Do all you can to mitigate the loss.

You need to talk with your insurance provider. I was told to cover the full value of a NVG device it needs to be listed.

I don't think that would cover a person buying a stolen item and it later being confiscated by the .gov.

This shit would be easy to do.

This terrible stuff has been going on within the NV industry for years!  Some of the old timers (like me) remember back in 2005 was the ONLY reason I started selling NV.  I was a victim of just about getting ripped off of several Raptors from a NV company still in business in the Nevada area. (No, I'm not giving names). The only reason we got our stuff, was a threatening phone call (true story) that a few of us were gonna drive on out and have a chat. I rarely hide behind a keyboard when it comes down to the clowns.

The beauty of that situation? I got introduced to Optics HQ at that time who got us our Raptors (the company told us to go there , refunded our monies). Mike over at Optics HQ at that time asked me if I was ever interested in selling NV?  At the onset, I just laughed out loud due to all the shysters out there.  In the end though, I knew I could do better and not ever rip anyone off and made it a constant goal in which TNVC still lives by today.  To do everything we can to offer the best customer service we can. We have never been about the almighty profit dollar, ever. (Yea I know a select few think this is a selling pitch, like Team Hillary...I don't give a RATS ASS!  I NEVER EVER ripped anyone off and give the shirt off my back to insure a customer never feels this way).

While I do not know any of the inside story where this guy worked except for the rumors here that he was taking tubes from his employer and re-selling?  If that was the case, they must of had some pretty substandard inventory control to say the least. I know of no companies out there who deal in high dollar items who don't conduct inventory at least once a year.

As for the stolen gear in itself out there on Fleabay and other locales, been going on for years. Not so long ago, there was a real crackdown on high power Mil lasers getting peddled.  Those used to be offered everywhere with the guise of "from legitimate LE or Mil members. The secret squirrel Personal Message Dealers here also (as in this case) are getting hammered as well. This also has been going on for years and we get so many PM's, "hey is this a good deal, this dealer is saying this", etc.   Unfortunately we are now seeing the depth of so many ARFCOM members effected all because of a "cheap deal".  As I mentioned, unlike years ago we got hammered for anything made in China, etc. Nowadays, no one seems to give a shit except it's CHEAP. Well I am betting if TNVC offered a China item we would still get hammered, but others get a free pass.  All good, we're used to it.

Edit, chosos, you're welcome. It's the least we could do as I really hate hearing about what is happening.  It was actually Augee who came up with the idea to offer substantial discounts for some of the guys out there effected.

The stolen property goes back to the rightful owner.

Best case is that he takes a deal that includes restitution to people he sold the stolen items. I'm going to assume from the posts here that he has access to such funds.

I've never received restitution in court ordered cases I was involved in. But that didn't have the backing of federal court.

Go troll somewhere else. You don't have a clue about much. Just about every thread is "thread jacked" you enter is the same outlandish claims about something.

If anyone is in this type of situation, please send us the serial number via e-mail and we would be more than happy to provide a copy of paid invoices (names will be redacted if you are not the original purchaser) with original serial numbers annotated.

Note: Some records from 2015 or earlier may be more difficult to locate as we changed some record-keeping systems, but we will do our best to help out however possible.

~Augee