I tend to agree with just about all of your conclusions Pam, in one way or another.

If Mr. W had made the chips in question and never sold them to anyone, we wouldn't be having any discussions or investigations.

What appears to be missing from the total picture at this time is any admission by anyone who might have bought the chips for resale and how they represented them.

I've stated before that Mr. W would have to have been extremely naive to think that such items wouldn't be misrepresented somewhere down the road if he were to sell or release them to another party.

So far, the only thing we all know is, the alterer/counterfeiter/whatever-you-want-to-call-it has freely provided his side of the story.

If anyone who he might have sold these items to denies it (the sale, or the disclosure) then you have one person's word against another. Add on any further transaction(s) from the time after the items are no longer the possession of the guy who made them, and receive inadequite cooperation from that point on, it becomes somewhat of a deadend. Until all or most of the people involved are ready to reveal everything that they know, you can't start using hearsay to publicly roast people, nor can you file criminal charges.

...do I think what has happened is wrong? Absolutely! Do I think that more can be done about it at this time? Not until there is more cooperation from other parties concerning their possible involvement.

I can see at least one possible positive here. These incidents and the controversy surrounding them just might help to prevent them from occuring in the future.

Bob