This Man Cheated eBay Out Of $5 Million And Now Faces 20 Years In Federal Prison (EBAY)

If you know Brian Dunning at all, it's probably as the host of "Skeptoid," a podcast that debunks pseudoscience. Recent episodes have discussed UFOs, aliens, and free energy machines. But for the last few years he's been fighting eBay and the FBI in court over allegations that he cheated the auction site out of $5.2 million in an ingenious "cookie stuffing" affiliate marketing scam. Yesterday, he gave up that fight, and pled guilty to wire fraud in a California federal court. He faces 20 years i...