If there is one thing that scares collectors of classic horror-movie memorabilia, it’s getting scammed. Kerry Haggard is being called the “Bernie Madoff of the movie-poster industry.” The 47-year-old con man paid an unnamed New York City printing company to make high-quality ink-jet copies of vintage monster-movie posters to sell online, and traded the fake one-sheets with friends and fellow collectors for authentic ones, reported the New York Post.
On April 9, in Manhattan federal court, the Commerce (Ga.) resident was sentenced to the maximum 6.5 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.38 million to his victims.
