Travis,

You refer to 3 sources and I understand if you are not free to divulge your sources. But you give us no information upon which to gauge the credibility of the sources.

The exception is that it appears from your post that someone has admitted doing this to Archie. (I mean they made an admission to Archie, not that they defaced Archie and returned him to the cage.)

Are these other sources other dealers, have they admitted doing this themsleves or have they heard confessions, or are they just reporting rumors? Are defaced chips turning up in cages?

If this is true, I propose a lynching as part of the Early Bird Banquet.