 What did the Altairian's arrest Zeckler for?
I sent an appeal to the Terran Consulate the first day I was arrested. I've got three million credits sitting in the Terran Consulate on Altair V, just waiting for me to walk in and pick them up. Altair I had been recognized at once by the Trading Commission as a commercial prize of tremendous value, but early reports had warned of the danger of wildcat trading on the little, musty, jungle-like planet with its shaggy, three-eyed inhabitants—warned specifically against the confidence tactics so frequently used—but there was always somebody, Meyerhoff reflected sourly, who just didn't get the word.
 They arrested him for selling the same plot of land to a dozen different Altairians.
 They arrested him for selling the same plot of land to a dozen different Altairians.  They arrested him for lying.  They arrested him for disrespecting the Goddess.  They arrested him for slaughtering twenty-three Altairians.