Anthony Scocozzo doing an AMA on Reddit -HOF

[Belly Buster]

This should work....

Feb 1, 2012 DD Radio


Fail, I am guessing the file name is something different or got deleted.

Maybe somebody has it downloaded though?

I might have it somewhere. Anyone interested PM me.

[DJ_Chaps]

The guy is an Aspy, not a fuckin mongoloid. What's with the constant "poor handicapped guy" talk?


Aaron Burr- they shoulda put you on the 10, dawg.

[handicapme]

The guy is an Aspy, not a fuckin mongoloid. What's with the constant "poor handicapped guy" talk?


Aaron Burr- they shoulda put you on the 10, dawg.

You dumb fuck, he still has a mental handicap, and his "friend" took advantage of him and robbed him and NOW he has a 200k judgement against him because of it. Fuck Nicholas Albino. You standing up for him just makes you look like a douche bag.

[Dan Druff]

First off, I don't know what handicapme and certain others were expecting me to do about this.

It's not like I've been deleting this thread or censoring anything about Yebsite. The only thing I removed was a picture of Yebsite's baby momma, for obvious reasons.

This site's mission is to be a place where you can call out scammers and frauds in poker, without fear of censorship while doing so. On twoplustwo, threads like this one often get deleted, even when they have merit.

So this thread was created, and now we're discussing it. What more am I supposed to do?

I have never stated that this site's mission is for me to personally identify and chase down every scammer in poker, and bring them to justice. If that were the site's mission, I would be working 24/7 at it, and still not end up accomplishing it.

While I knew about Yebsite and the Anthony Scocozzo situation, I did not know all of the details until the Reddit post. I knew what every other longtime member of this community did:

1) Yebsite registered twoplustwo.me and posted links to copyrighted Two Plus Two material

2) Yebsite registered it in the name of some "weird kid" he knew from Scranton

3) Mason Malmuth tried to sue Yebsite, but ended up suing the kid instead, and won a default judgment


As has already been pointed out, this story goes back to 2011. What exactly was I supposed to do about this? Ban Yebsite from PFA when he signed up? If so, I'd have to ban anyone with past moral failings.

Here's what I didn't know prior to this thread:

1) The "weird kid" actually had Aspergers, and claims to have it badly enough to where he is disabed.

2) Yebsite's real name

3) Other stories about Yebsite's history that have come to light


I agree that this was a really shitty thing for Yebsite to have done.

Anyway, regarding this case:

It was tried in federal court because Anthony is in Pennsylvania and Mason is in Nevada. It is very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to sue people across state lines. Federal court made this jurisdictional issue go away, and I guess it was a legally valid thing to do since it involved something over the internet which was considered crossing state lines.

Anyway, this was a default judgment. You can get this default judgment reversed WITHOUT tens of thousands in lawyers fees, but through a fairly simple process:

The process is called "setting aside" the judgment.

You can set aside a federal judgment for one of three reasons:

1) The defendant was not served correctly. I doubt this applies here because Greenberg Traurig is a big firm and wouldn't make such a novice mistake.

2) The plaintiff requested a default judgment that isn't really valid (such as the defendant replied in time but the plaintiff claimed a default judgment anyway). This does not apply here.

3) There is a "good reason" why the judgment should be set aside. This involves the defendant providing a reasonable defense to the claim against him, as well as giving a reasonable explanation as to why he was not able to make the court case. This is the reason Anthony would use.

Now, the one problem with Anthony's story is the fact that he DID get served in 2010 and realized what was going on, but is only now attempting to tackle the situation in 2013 -- 15 months after the judgment was entered. He can claim he is "disabled" but was obviously competent enough to write that detailed Reddit post, meaning that he can't claim extreme mental deficiency or anything like that.

Anthony's best shot would be to hire a cheap lawyer for a few hundred dollars in Scranton, who can file the paperwork basically claiming that he was sued for something he never did, was a victim of identity theft, and that the counsel of the plaintiff wrongfully advised him to just let it go to default judgment because he is disabled and it 'wouldn't affect' him.

If Mason's lawyer admitted to this conversation (he probably won't), it would get vacated for sure.

If not, then there's some chance the judge would have sympathy (especially if Nick then took credit for what he did) and vacate it, telling them to sue Nick instead.

Legally, it's an interesting case, actually. Since I'm not a lawyer, I can't tell you what the precedent on this one is. Basicaly, if an identity thief commits fraud in your name, you get sued, and then you show apathy in defending the lawsuit and allow a default judgment to be served, can you later vacate it if you can prove you were a victim of identity theft? Or is it tough luck on you because you didn't defend yourself in time? That's an answer I don't have.

[Dan Druff]

Willie is this really you?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-read-1291463/

Doesn't look like your writing style.

[Crowe Diddly]

Willie is this really you?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-read-1291463/

Doesn't look like your writing style.

also claims to be from northeast. good call, druff.

[Dan Druff]

Willie is this really you?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-read-1291463/

Doesn't look like your writing style.

also claims to be from northeast. good call, druff.

High chance that's badguy23.

[WillieMcFML]

Willie is this really you?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-read-1291463/

Doesn't look like your writing style.

not me

[Baron Von Strucker]

Willie is this really you?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-read-1291463/

Doesn't look like your writing style.

Best part HOF quote
Willystole: wrote

His known online Aliases are “Yebsite” and sometimes (but this one is shared by another mentally handicap individual named martin) “Jewdonk”. You can find post made by this person on either pokerfraudalert or another poker website that shall remain nameless owned by a Bitcoin bum who is the king of all degens.

Writing seems familiar not willy though

[Belly Buster]

Need Alvin Finkelstein to take on the case on a pro bono basis.

[handicapme]

Willie is this really you?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-read-1291463/

Doesn't look like your writing style.

Holy shit! I threatened Yebsite I would do this but I guess someone got to it first? This is solid! Glad this came out the screen name is gold.

[limitles]

Willie is this really you?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-read-1291463/

Doesn't look like your writing style.

Whoever/whomever it is misused then/than in their last post. Someone also did it in this thread iirc. It's becoming so common here I assume people are doing it on purpose.

[Rollo Tomasi]

Willie is this really you?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-read-1291463/

Doesn't look like your writing style.

also claims to be from northeast. good call, druff.

also claims to be from northeast. good call, druff.

High chance that's badguy23.

badguy23 is from Pittspuke and besides badguy was shilling for Yebsite all along

[badguy23]

Willie is this really you?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-read-1291463/

Doesn't look like your writing style.

??? Y would u say that it is me?? I didnt post anything anywhere. I knew Yebs name for 3 years Druff never once said it. Your Detective Druff skills are slipping my friend.

[badguy23]

also claims to be from northeast. good call, druff.

also claims to be from northeast. good call, druff.

High chance that's badguy23.

badguy23 is from Pittspuke and besides badguy was shilling for Yebsite all along

Im not schilling for him at all. Kid has problems.. All I said is this info was out there for 2 years almost and why did Willie out his name?? I wanted to do that myself when the time was right!!

[badguy23]

LOL I just read the post and you thought that was me Druff? I have trouble writing 2 sentences let alone 2 paragraphs.

[limitles]

not all of that $150k is damages, he's owed lawyer fees and court costs as well.

Does it matter??? Nick Albino basically ruined this special needs person's life, and than begged willie to hide this thread. Fuck Nick Albino.

Here's the guy who doesn't know then from than. Same as "williestole's" second to last post on four.

"None. I don't have any other then wanting to see this guy come to justice."

[tony bagadonuts]

LOL I just read the post and you thought that was me Druff? I have trouble writing 2 sentences let alone 2 paragraphs.

Badguy talks a lot, but doesn't write a lot.

[BetCheckBet]

Guy is clearly a PFA member. Too bad he used the name williestole because now willie is getting dragged under a bus over there...

[handicapme]

Does it matter??? Nick Albino basically ruined this special needs person's life, and than begged willie to hide this thread. Fuck Nick Albino.

Here's the guy who doesn't know then from than. Same as "williestole's" second to last post on four.

"None. I don't have any other then wanting to see this guy come to justice."

Yes I fuck them up occasionally like most people do. Checking my grammar on a message board is not the same as checking my grammar when writing an important email to a manager. I did plan to out him on poker websites because I do truely feel sorry for this anthony person, however I DID not make that post. I would not drag the poor handicap person into it. I think that person has been fucked with enough, and putting his name out there even more is just wrong. I do credit whoever made that. Nick Albino deserves all of this, and more. He truely is scum.