No names here. But there was a certain Head of Sales of an in-house Patek Salon at a venerable jeweler with a long long long relationship with Patek Philippe. Anyway, this Head of Sales (HOS) cultivated a certain set of moneyed young gents in a foreign country. Let's call it a foreign region. A foreign region where young men may not start in janitorial jobs like you and me and work our way up until we can afford a nice meal at McDonald's and then continue working our way up in life. These gents with deep pockets would buy all the inventory from this HOS, hold it for 3 - 4 months, and then put the items up for auction or private sale in a third region/continent. The young gents, and the HOS would split the profits. Let's just say that perhaps one day the venerable jeweler had a third party conduct due diligence for valuation reasons. The third party looked at this HOS's astounding track record and revenue generation. Being diligent, they started tracking serial numbers of watches sold out of the salon and those traded in this third region. Voila, there was an "amicable" parting of ways between the HOS and the jeweler. No "crime" was committed. The jeweler maintained their reputation, the HOS got a new position with an even better title somewhere else, and the gents held on to their cash. This is the underhanded part of my comment.