The $200,000 LEGO Collection That Could Send Someone to Prison in Galveston, Texas
And why every collector in Galveston and Harris County should pay attention. By Tad Nelson — Board Certified Lawyer — Explaining Fraud and the Relationship When There Is a Fiduciary Duty Involved A few months ago, the internet became obsessed with what looked like a simple dispute over a collection of LEGO Star Wars sets. But this wasn’t a fight over toys. It was a fight over property worth roughly $200 , 000 , allegations of fraud, claims of stolen consigned merchandise, a federal lawsuit, criminal charges against a YouTuber, and a viral controversy that has generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations and millions of views online. And if the same facts happened in Texas, someone could be looking at a first – degree felony punishable by up to life in prison . Let me say that again. A pile of plastic bricks from a galaxy far, far away — in the right circumstances under Texas law — could send a Texas store owner to prison for life . If that surpr...