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> Headlines like “I made $70K selling NYC restaurant reservations — and I don’t even live in New York” have become all the more common as the savvy implement bo
by pavel_lishin 2y ago
> Headlines like “I made $70K selling NYC restaurant reservations — and I don’t even live in New York” have become all the more common as the savvy implement bots to (or manually work to) book up several reservations at a time, only to be sold in what’s being referred to as a “black market.”
From the linked article:
> At Ralph Lauren’s posh Polo Bar, tables have been gulped up by an Ivy League, undergrad math wiz named Alex Eisler. The sophomore at Brown University has made it a business to create phony numbers and emails to snag reservations — and resell them for a healthy profit.
So how is New York going to prosecute people like Eisler? I doubt Rhode Island is going to extradite them. What if someone in Canada does the same thing?
- onionisafruit 2y agoIs it’s a felony, Rhode Island is required to extradite. I skimmed the article and I’m not sure if this will be a felony though. Your point stands for international actors.
- alwa 2y agoAre people normally extradited in civil matters? With the penalty being a fine of up to $1000 per violation, plus options for customers to sue individually, wouldn’t it work like any other civil matter? Get a judgment in NY with or without the defendant choosing to show up, come after their assets, that kind of thing? Even if they’re Canadian, presumably they’re accepting money in dollars somewhere along the line, couldn’t a motivated attorney come after that cash flow? https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S9365 https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S9365