Today (Sat 4/8/06) the Wall Street Journal has a page one article on alleged fraud involving one man and fountain pens. Krone, World Lux, merchants in Dallas and El Paso, and David Oscarson are all mentioned (as victims) in one way or another. Here's the opening:
DALLAS -- Mauricio Aguirre-Orcutt did jail time for impersonating a State Department employee. He later duped a Dallas college into naming him a dean. But he really got in trouble when he tried to con the rarefied world of pen collectors.
The 37-year-old Mr. Aguirre-Orcutt is serving a 57-month sentence in a federal prison southeast of Dallas. His crime: fraudulently obtaining a $4,200 fountain pen. During a three-year period, Mr. Aguirre-Orcutt amassed dozens of limited-edition fountain pens, often telling their owners they would be given to celebrities or powerful political leaders.
Full Version: "Con man roils the world of fountain pens"
LOL! Please add link.
OH WELL, I guess that's one pen collecting idea I should forget.. 
You really have to laugh at the fact that a "respectable" university made him a dean, but he got in trouble for stealing pens....
You really have to laugh at the fact that a "respectable" university made him a dean, but he got in trouble for stealing pens....
Am I to understand from this article that the president does not indeed own an Oscarson pen?
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