Club Deep and the "Wonder Blunder" Traditional Cache
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Club Deep and the "Wonder Blunder"
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You seek a handicap accessible micro container with log (good cacher's always bring their own pen) next to an abandoned night club with an interesting history....
The abandoned building next to this cache was once known as "Club Deep" and was owned and run by Marc Hubbard, one of the most prolific and successful con men in recent Charlotte history. His specialty is arranging charity concerts, taking the money and not following through. His alleged concert scams have spanned several states including South Carolina, North Carolina, California and Nevada.
His most notorious scam was dubbed the "Wonder Blunder" by Hawaiian press outlets when reporting on the event that was supposed to occur at the University of Hawaii.
Here's what allegedly happened, according to the Fox News website:
Planning began in April, with Hubbard convincing a local promoter that he had connections with a former Motown Records executive who could secure Wonder for a show on Aug. 18. The school paid $200,000 as a deposit, but learned after starting to sell tickets that neither the singer nor his representatives authorized the concert.
The widely advertised Stevie Wonder concert was to raise funds for the university's athletic department.
Thousands of tickets had to be refunded starting in July, leading to embarrassment for the school and an FBI investigation.
Court documents show $120,000 was disbursed to Hubbard. Hubbard spent his share on personal and business expenses that had nothing to do with a Wonder show, court documents said.
State lawmakers determined the fiasco ultimately cost the university about $1.1 million, including payments to three law firms and a three-year contract for the university's former athletic director, who was put on leave while the school investigated. He was given a new job after he threated to sue if he wasn't reinstated.
Hubbard was indicted by a grand jury and was arrested after surrendering to federal authorities in Charlotte.
But even as all this was going on, Hubbard was arraigned in Spartanburg, S.C., on securities fraud and forgery charges for allegedly soliciting $700,000 from a victim in 2008 to promote an Alicia Keyes concert, even though no contact was ever made with Ms. Keyes or any of her representatives.
Hubbard was also in the news in September 2012, when he paid $15,000 to fly in reality star Kim Kardashian from New York to Charlotte, North Carolina, so she could host a party after the Democratic National Convention.
Radaronline declared the event a flop, claiming just 50 people attended the event, but Hubbard maintained that number was more like 250 people.
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