Bounty scammers at work?

Date: 301110
Planet: Tatooine
Region: Crimson Ridge
Story: (Written by the Galactic News Agency, Ramona doesn't write IC).

According to some sources Crimson Ridge was the victim of a scam a few days ago. Apparently the city had placed a bounty on a trandoshan, which was claimed by a group of hunters when they brought in the mark. Only after the group had left with the credits already did the city officials find out that the trandoshan delivered to them was not the one they had put the bounty on.

From what is known the trandoshan is now suing the city while the hunters as well as the original mark are still at large. Whether this was an honest mistake or a scam is not yet sure, but circumstances point at it being the latter.

People wanting to place bounties are advised to be careful before releasing any payment. An insider in the bounty hunter guild also stated that there had been several incidents in the past where unscrupulous bounty hunters "clear" a bounty on a friend by faking the death and claiming it. The guild itself didn't comment on those claims, only stating that the bounty in question placed by Crimson Ridge had not been run through the guild's system.