Associated Press - November 24, 2009 10:54 PM ET
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Lake County authorities have ordered two men held on $1 million bond on charges of running an alleged swindle involving personalized golf balls.
The two, 35-year-old Marco Maggiore of Buffalo Grove and 34-year-old Lloyd Morris of Deerfield, were charged Tuesday with money laundering, mail and computer fraud and theft.
Lincolnshire police investigator Adam Hyde said Maggiore and Morris conned dozens of businesses and charities into paying for golf balls to be inscribed with their logos, and never delivered any balls.
In addition, Hyde said, the two ordered large quantities of golf balls from pro shops to be used as demonstration samples, and did not pay for them.
Hyde said the pair offered to sell inscribed Titleist Pro V1 balls for less than a third of their normal cost.
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