Maizus Sergey Viktorovich aka Mayzus Sergey Viktorovich's InstaForex: http://www.forexpeacearmy.com/forex-reviews/4257/www.instaforex.com (follow link if you want to follow the links mentioned in the below - all great reads) Scam Alert!
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LOL, I promise you the searching will be way better. Demo for you guys pretty soon.
Wait, better then before it was scaled back? Dude, you just made dick hard - AGAIN (damn, will this hour ever end?). You bring up an interesting point about search. I had no idea the old search was so bad. Dude, I think you missed what I was alluded to. I was fond of the old search prior to some dude named theymos ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) fixing the site, now only able to search five sections at a time. Yes, I could, and have used Google, but that only works if the thread was indexed by them, which some threads are not like the trust rating of each and every member of this forum aren't indexed, thus how the hell is the world gonna find out that I'm a scammy ass fuck according to the venerable Leroy "Honestly" Fodor who tagged this and some of my alts, along with a another user's account who I cleverly tricked him into thinking it was me because Leroy is a fuckin retard? I love this USELESS <according to Leroy Fodor> forum. ![Kiss](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/kiss.gif)
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"For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone!" - BTC-e.com. Fight the tptb!!
It is encouraging words,but it is hard to believe that it is possible for them to hand out the coins with the level they are in and if they are able to give out the customers their coins then it would be great,the charges pressed against them are so huge and i really doubt he would be seeing sunlight in a very long time. "I believe the volcano won't kill me BTC-e is gonna give me back Mt Money in spite of the FBI arresting its servers. I need them tokens for when I visit The Legends Room next week to celebrate its third scheduled Grand Opening this year. Live long and prosper!"
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Hey, Vlad, do you know Mircea Popescu? He is my god. ![Kiss](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/kiss.gif)
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http://www.forexpeacearmy.com/community/threads/instaforex-scandalized-rumors-or-truth.25566/I am Maizus Sergey Viktorovich, a Russian citizen, residing at the address: 238300, Kaliningrad Region, Gurievsk, Park Street, Building 12, the official representative of the holding company Flysun Holdings Limited, incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus, with the registration number and legal address HE225280 Anastasi Sioukri & Olympion corner, Themis Tower 6th Floor, PC 3035 Limassol, Cyprus, declare as follows: <long read what follows the colon in the above quote> Did Mayzus sue Pierre when he penned the following a year ago? 25/09/2016 at 21:56: http://scamtest.biz/mayzus-com-scam-or-not-review/#comment-268MAYZUS FS is the shareholder and operator of BTC-e which is a scam. You can find out all over the Internet. Mayzus financial Services is the owner of BTC-e. MAYZUS FINANCIAL SERVICES is known for belonging to the Russian mafia. Mayzus financial services has been sentenced for money laundering in Cyprus. They have a London address. Mayzus has a long history of «freezing» customer funds. You can file a legal complaint with the Financial Conduct Authority because they are a regulated entity and a complaint with the London Metro police because they engage in serious criminal activity. You can file a complaint with London police, even if you are not UK or EU resident here : http://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report-a-fraud-including-online-crime-questions. Did Mayzus sue ericwang or BCT or theymos over the following two posts, among others? Okpay and btc-e is a company mayzus investment company, I have not been to the btc-e remittance recently, do not know why, opened a few tickets customer service is not back, we be careful.
Can you add something to this? help us out please. FACTS KNOWN TO DATE: a) Many complaints about them on boards, everything from money going missing to failing to respond to support. b) They have no direct bank account, but are using payment services like OKPAY and Mayzus c) They operate on the following forums ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=433283.0 and Russian https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=29698.0 ), but tend to delete posts/complaints they don't like. d) They hide their servers behind CloudFlare, but they have been ping triangulated to be in Europe, probably London. e) Their SSL security certificate is fraudulent. f) Their DNS Registration entries are false. g) Their website offers no API for bitcoin withdrawal, a service that every other exchange provides! Huge red flag! h) Their website has "Copyright © 2011-2014 BTC-e.com." but since there are no company registration details, this is legally invalid. i) They are using the following Mazzars Financial services bank account: Beneficiary: Mayzus Financial Services Limited, organizacni slozka Beneficiary Address: U Vystaviste 287/17,170 00 Praha 7, Czech Republic Beneficiary Account: 107-7747130227 Beneficiary Czech Bank Code: 0100 Beneficiary IBAN: CZ58 0100 0001 0777 4713 0227 Beneficiary Bank: Komercni banka Beneficiary Bank Address: Na Prikope 33, 114 07 Praha 1, Czech Republic Beneficiary Bank SWIFT: KOMBCZPPXXX Correspondent bank: SOCIETE GENERALE City: New York Country: USA Correspondent bank SWIFT: SOGEUS33XXX Correspondent Account: 188190 j) They only tell you about their 0.2% trading fee when you join, but their withdrawl fee's can be up to 10%!! k) The following bitcointalk users claim to have lost (missing transfers) or had stolen (unauthorised transfers) money at BTC-e.com: legster $1000. EvilLizardApparel 8565 LTC bradmurmz BTC200 libertysilver BTC4.77 + 526 PPC + 306 LTC pindis 19 LTC flagstaff_miner BTC43.75 z12 BTC30.48 ub3rCoin $10,000 OversightNL BTC4.8 Unclegogi 100 TRC Shiba BTC7.9 ychunlau BTC4 redmist 108.5335 LTC l) None of the 'terms and conditions' you agree to when you join are binding either way, because they do not name the legal party!. m) They trade on their own site, this gives their own arbitrage bots an unfair advantage over over public, as trading without fee's at faster access effectively corners the market. n) In february the website released a statement, which amongst other claims said: "The company plans to soon begin to publish publicly available statements certified by external auditors. " This has of course turned out to be a lie. RUMOURS TO DATE: a) They are owned and run by Russians. b) The company is Bulgarian c) Servers probably in London d) Probably where most stolen bitcoin are traded due to absense of Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations. e) Used by some parties for bitcoin price manipulation. What you can do: a ) Is there a UK resident out there that has paid money into BTC-e.com via Mayzus Financial Services Ltd?? If so, could you consider sending a standard Data Protection "Subject Access Request" to Mayzus for yourself. This should reveal details of BTC-e that so many people are searching for. And if it doesn't, then Mayzus are breaching UK anti money laundering laws. b) Anything else you know? publish it here. c) If you have money or crypto stock with them, protect yourself and get it out now. There has to be a reasonable chance that they are fraudulent and just the process of unmasking them may cause them to run with your money. So you have been warned!Did Mayzus sue Bloomberg or Reddit over the following? https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2m9pp0/caution_relationship_between_btce_and/ "Mayzus, you got some 'splainin' to do!"
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...btc will became illegal if other people uses that at wrong way...
So when will USD or Euros became illegal because we can see using them in wrong way everyday in the world. Yes, the specific of Bitcoin is a bit difference, but is the same as if a knife will become illegal because a man has been killed. 6 Great Martial Arts for Killing a Man With Your Bare HandsPeople don't kill people. People with bare hands kill people. Solution. My next post may or may not be on my solution to curb overpopulation. Hint: It, too, includes a knife.
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"That's why when I'm out hikin' in the wild I don Pick-Pocket Proof® Travel Pants to ward off nefarious bulls or bears from snatchin' my precious. You never know when an event may happen, and when it does, you'll most likely won't know who to contact days after the heist occurred. Be prepared and proactive, always having your Chinese visa at the ready in case you're ever falsely accused of committin' a crime. Thanks for watching the Paul's on the Run channel supported by Patreon and YuTüCoin."
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The following three comments consists of three previously published posts of mine separated by a horizontal line (not counting the first one, or the last horizontal line which its content is a continuation of the content above it). https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2056158.msg20505927#msg20505927More detailed information about what happened to the BTC-e service.
On July 25, 11:00 the FBI staff came to the data center where our server equipment was located and seized all equipment, the servers contained databases and purses of our service.
Almost 6 days we could not get from our hosting provider the sane information, what happened to our servers because of this information we publish only now.
July 28, the domain was confiscated.
To date, part of the service facility has been arrested by the FBI.
The next update will include information on what options are available to restore the service, as well as the procedure for obtaining funds, in the event that the service is not started. In the current situation, if the service is not started before the end of August, Then from September 1 we will start the process of refund. In the next 1-2 weeks, we will evaluate and publish information about how much money fell into the hands of the FBI and what amount of funds is available for return.
For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone!
The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service.
Sincerely, btc-e
P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. The service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone! The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service. Sincerely, btc-e P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. The service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone! The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service. Sincerely, btc-e P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-alleged A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes. I can't believe that the fuckin FBI falsely claimed that Vinnik operated BTC-e when BTC-e adamantly declares that such was not the case. That's almost as believable as BTC-e returning all its users' funds in spite of not having any access to its database because ... wait for it ... the fuckin FBI took everything when they arrested a slew of other BTC-e employees except the dude who penned the post quoted above promising that all funds WILL Be returned just like Tom Williams of MyBitcoin promised back in 2011. "Listen up, guys. In a few minutes we're going be boarding a plane heading to another country. Once there, we're going to BTC-e's data center and take their servers and hopefully arrest some people. We'll bring the severs and the those arrested back to the US. Meanwhile, Vinnik is about to be arrested in Greece where he's on holiday from Russia. Any questions? Oh, BTW depending on who's writing the news, Colin or Brian Stretch will be handling the prosecutions." https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/26/16035702/btce-arrest-bitcoin-alexander-vinnik-mt-gox-theft-suspect<also quoted here: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/07/27/bitcoin-exchange-chief-arrested-in-ongoing-investigation-of-mt-gox-theft/> “Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin provide people around the world new and innovative ways of engaging in legitimate commerce,” said U.S. Attorney Colin Stretch, whose office will be prosecuting the case. “As this case demonstrates, however, just as new computer technologies continue to change the way we engage each other and experience the world, so too will criminals subvert these new technologies to serve their own nefarious purposes.” https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-allegedA grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California; Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Chief Don Fort; Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Acting Executive Associate Director Derek Benner; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the Louisville Division Amy Hess; United States Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Investigative Division Michael D’Ambrosio; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Inspector General, Inspector General Jay N. Lerner; and Acting Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Jamal El-Hindi. WHO THE FUCK IS COLIN STRETCH?? ?? ??https://www.crunchbase.com/person/colin-stretchColin Stretch became vice-president and general counsel for Facebook on July 5, 2013. Stretch started with Facebook in 2010 and served as Ted Ullyot's deputy general counsel. He was a partner with D.C. firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel for more than 10 years before that. Stretch was involved in the Winklevoss case and a settlement with the FTC regarding Facebook's privacy policies. "Tell you in sec after I do this line and take some hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol, alprazolam and diazepam" America's 50 Outstanding General Counsel (2014)As for the dude who the arrow is pointing to, pay such no mind unless you wanna go there: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmurck/. BTW, years later we're still waiting for proof that KnC truly did pay the U$100K fee to TBC in becoming a Platinum Member. I'm guessing that it never happened, but who the fuck am I? Who else was a partner of Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, I hear you asking? Nobody in particular unless, that is, this guy is relevant: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-31/meet-americas-newest-supreme-court-justice-judge-neil-gorsuchHis work background includes time as a partner with the Washington law firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, a stint with the U.S. Department of Justice and clerkships with Supreme Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy.
A lot of news i've seen arrested a man making money and turn to bitcoin...
He was braved man and also make the btc more illegal
I think btc will became illegal if other people uses that at wrong way.. And i think because of its a virtual money its not paying any tax or what else and tax is used by the government in replacing stuffs in a particular country..
Yes, Vinnik was a brave man running various money services since the early 2000's, perhaps using those, too, as money laundering entities. "BTC-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Nov 10, 2015: https://www.coindesk.com/us-justice-department-holds-digital-currency-summit-in-san-francisco/ Xapo CEO Wences Casares, Coinbase founder Fred Ehrsam and Ripple CEO Chris Larsen, among othersThe US Department of Justice (DOJ) convened a first-of-its-kind conference on digital currency and the blockchain in San Francisco today.
According to the agency, the goal of the event was to unite the private and public sector in discussions centered on strategies for limiting cybercrime perpetrated with the emerging technologies.
The unpublicized event, organized by the DOJ’s Digital Currency Task Force and held at the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco, saw 175 industry participants engage in panel discussions that sought to emphasize its core theme from the point of view of entrepreneurs, law enforcement officials and regulators.
Though no participants were named in formal release, Twitter images from the event show speakers included Xapo CEO Wences Casares, Coinbase founder Fred Ehrsam and Ripple CEO Chris Larsen, among others.
In remarks, US Attorney Brian J Stretch positioned the event as one that sought to forge a common ground between representatives of the government and the distributed financial technology sector:
“As emerging technologies such as digital currency and blockchains expand into new and legitimate applications, it becomes all the more critical for industry leaders and government agencies to share insights and perspectives in order to combat the illicit use of these technologies.”
Further addressing the need for dialogue was FinCEN Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery, who noted that despite her department’s early efforts to understand the industry, continued discussions are needed due to the evolving nature of the technology.
“We only opened the door for the hundreds of other questions beyond our anti-money laundering perspective,” Calvery said.
The event was previously hinted at by DOJ Digital Currency Crimes Coordinator Kathryn Haun in an interview with CoinDesk in September in which she spoke at length about the multi-agency task force and its goals.
At the time, Haun sought to stress that the US government was broadly seeking to engage the digital currency and blockchain industry in discussions that would provide clarity on key issues for all ecosystem participants. Translated: Akin to nobody brings massive amounts of drugs in the US unless it's us doing it, nobody runs a money laundering service unless it's us doing or overseeing it, up to and including some rogue dude in Russia which - MARK MY WORDS - we will eventually nab, hence inviting you fine 175 folks to this unannounced me atup today - there'll be pizza afterwards in the basement for any of yous into such with an option to stay longer to witness others killing pizza - to give us, us as in US, any info you have on this Russki, whereupon outta the kindness of our hearts we'll let you operate another day, because that's how we roll. https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/11/01/federal-prosecutor-kathryn-haun-on-how-criminals-use-bitcoin-and-how-she-catches-them/#4dfe4c1b1871“When the tip is, ‘You’ve got a dirty agent on your payroll,’ you’ve got to take it with a grain of salt,” she says. “I thought I had to put this, what I called, rumor to rest. So when I started looking into this matter, I was doing it from the perspective of, I want to clear this person’s name, but I quickly learned that wasn’t going to be the result.”
She describes how she uncovered what were actually “the perfect criminals” — being federal agents, “they knew how to cover their tracks,” she says. Tune in to find out how she was able to follow the bitcoins, how tracking those patterns revealed to her that there were two dirty federal agents, not one, and what telling detail led her to suspect the second must also be a federal agent. Call me a nut, but I'm thinkin' that them two FBI agents were part of some plot along with Paul Vernon of Cryptsy who used to suck the dicks of 3-, 4- and 5-Star Generals down in Ft Hood during the late 90s. Hell, at this point it wouldn't surprise me if Sonny Vleisides of BFL is an operative.
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The domain is seized bu US authorities, it seems that it will be the bigger lesson for the unlicensed exchangers worldwide and especially Poloniex
Is poloniex unlicensed ? while its containment any exchanges I'll see him about the same thing with the exchanges that you have to look out for is manipulation of the withdrawal and deposit limits. Need to be careful while using exchanges. YES, poloniex is unlicensed and it's based in USA;same as Kraken. In conjunction with the following, I've heard through the grapevine (very reliable source) that Poloniex's days are numbered: https://cointelegraph.com/news/rumors-of-insolvency-circulate-among-users-of-bitcoin-exchange-poloniex-support-slowI suggest best get out while the gettin' out's good, else you, like the dude above the fold, will lose their life savings. You've been warned. Bruno
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A lot of news i've seen arrested a man making money and turn to bitcoin...
He was braved man and also make the btc more illegal
I think btc will became illegal if other people uses that at wrong way.. And i think because of its a virtual money its not paying any tax or what else and tax is used by the government in replacing stuffs in a particular country..
Yes, Vinnik was a brave man running various money services since the early 2000's, perhaps using those, too, as money laundering entities. "BTC-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Nov 10, 2015: https://www.coindesk.com/us-justice-department-holds-digital-currency-summit-in-san-francisco/ Xapo CEO Wences Casares, Coinbase founder Fred Ehrsam and Ripple CEO Chris Larsen, among othersThe US Department of Justice (DOJ) convened a first-of-its-kind conference on digital currency and the blockchain in San Francisco today.
According to the agency, the goal of the event was to unite the private and public sector in discussions centered on strategies for limiting cybercrime perpetrated with the emerging technologies.
The unpublicized event, organized by the DOJ’s Digital Currency Task Force and held at the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco, saw 175 industry participants engage in panel discussions that sought to emphasize its core theme from the point of view of entrepreneurs, law enforcement officials and regulators.
Though no participants were named in formal release, Twitter images from the event show speakers included Xapo CEO Wences Casares, Coinbase founder Fred Ehrsam and Ripple CEO Chris Larsen, among others.
In remarks, US Attorney Brian J Stretch positioned the event as one that sought to forge a common ground between representatives of the government and the distributed financial technology sector:
“As emerging technologies such as digital currency and blockchains expand into new and legitimate applications, it becomes all the more critical for industry leaders and government agencies to share insights and perspectives in order to combat the illicit use of these technologies.”
Further addressing the need for dialogue was FinCEN Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery, who noted that despite her department’s early efforts to understand the industry, continued discussions are needed due to the evolving nature of the technology.
“We only opened the door for the hundreds of other questions beyond our anti-money laundering perspective,” Calvery said.
The event was previously hinted at by DOJ Digital Currency Crimes Coordinator Kathryn Haun in an interview with CoinDesk in September in which she spoke at length about the multi-agency task force and its goals.
At the time, Haun sought to stress that the US government was broadly seeking to engage the digital currency and blockchain industry in discussions that would provide clarity on key issues for all ecosystem participants. Translated: Akin to nobody brings massive amounts of drugs in the US unless it's us doing it, nobody runs a money laundering service unless it's us doing or overseeing it, up to and including some rogue dude in Russia which - MARK MY WORDS - we will eventually nab, hence inviting you fine 175 folks to this unannounced me atup today - there'll be pizza afterwards for any of yous into such - to give us, us as in US, any info you have on this Russki, whereupon outta the kindness of our hearts we'll let you operate another day, because that's how we roll. https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/11/01/federal-prosecutor-kathryn-haun-on-how-criminals-use-bitcoin-and-how-she-catches-them/#4dfe4c1b1871“When the tip is, ‘You’ve got a dirty agent on your payroll,’ you’ve got to take it with a grain of salt,” she says. “I thought I had to put this, what I called, rumor to rest. So when I started looking into this matter, I was doing it from the perspective of, I want to clear this person’s name, but I quickly learned that wasn’t going to be the result.”
She describes how she uncovered what were actually “the perfect criminals” — being federal agents, “they knew how to cover their tracks,” she says. Tune in to find out how she was able to follow the bitcoins, how tracking those patterns revealed to her that there were two dirty federal agents, not one, and what telling detail led her to suspect the second must also be a federal agent. Call me a nut, but I'm thinkin' that them two FBI agents were part of some plot along with Paul Vernon of Cryptsy who used to suck the dicks of 3-, 4- and 5-Star Generals down in Ft Hood during the late 90s. Hell, at this point it wouldn't surprise me if Sonny Vleisides of BFL is an operative.
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It was merged by a moderator. Posting twice in a row within 24 hours isn't allowed even in selfmod threads because it unfairly bumps the thread. The messed up text is mojibake as a result of charset-mismatch issues, probably caused by a partially-loaded page or weird configuration at the moderator's end. I haven't seen this particular thing happen before, so I'll assume for now that it was a momentary glitch somewhere. I fixed it. Okay, so we established that a mod (perhaps drinking ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) ) merged the posts and not some rogue actor. You identified and fixed the problem, albeit the issue is still seen in the posts linked to. Posting twice in a row within 24 hours isn't allowed on this USELESS <according to Leroy Fodor> forum, thus I, for one (among countless others), should be permanently banned for breaking this rule, but please disregard this paragraph because I just took up drinking. ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) Now, let's address why the user's posts were merged because he allegedly unintentionally posted twice in a row within 24 hours, perhaps also deserving 500 lashes with a wet noodle. The time of the user's first post in question: (this and the following archived here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1858841.msg18512006#msg18512006) The time of the user's second post in question: According to my calendar (or is it clock?; I missed that day at school due to having the chickenpox), exactly 24 hours + 1:06:38 between postings equating to 25 hours, 6 minutes and 38 seconds passing, which I'm almost certain that that's over 24 hours. Somebody check my maths (or is it clocks?). It was merged by a moderator. Posting twice in a row within 24 hours isn't allowed even in selfmod threads because it unfairly bumps the thread. The messed up text is mojibake as a result of charset-mismatch issues, probably caused by a partially-loaded page or weird configuration at the moderator's end. I haven't seen this particular thing happen before, so I'll assume for now that it was a momentary glitch somewhere. I fixed it. Yeah, my bad. I'm using my own userscript to merge duplicate posts. While one of the moderators pointed out that it sometimes glitches with characters from non-english languages, I wasn't able to replicate it and didn't think it'd affect the main altcoin boards (since everything posted there should be in English). Was going to rewrite the script in another language sooner or later anyway so might as well start now. Drinking mod ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) , why did you use a script meant to merge duplicate posts in this instance when clearly the two posts weren't duplicates - completely different content, albeit the format was exactly identical? Here's the deal. Revert everything back to the way it was and we'll forget the whole thing, whereupon once done you can lock this thread after penning a post apologizing to me simply stating resolved. Deal? Bruno PS: Thanks, theymos and mod(s), for looking into this for me. You guys are the bestest. ![Kiss](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/kiss.gif)
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/26/16035702/btce-arrest-bitcoin-alexander-vinnik-mt-gox-theft-suspect<also quoted here: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/07/27/bitcoin-exchange-chief-arrested-in-ongoing-investigation-of-mt-gox-theft/> “Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin provide people around the world new and innovative ways of engaging in legitimate commerce,” said U.S. Attorney Colin Stretch, whose office will be prosecuting the case. “As this case demonstrates, however, just as new computer technologies continue to change the way we engage each other and experience the world, so too will criminals subvert these new technologies to serve their own nefarious purposes.” https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-allegedA grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California; Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Chief Don Fort; Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Acting Executive Associate Director Derek Benner; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the Louisville Division Amy Hess; United States Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Investigative Division Michael D’Ambrosio; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Inspector General, Inspector General Jay N. Lerner; and Acting Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Jamal El-Hindi. WHO THE FUCK IS COLIN STRETCH?? ?? ??https://www.crunchbase.com/person/colin-stretchColin Stretch became vice-president and general counsel for Facebook on July 5, 2013. Stretch started with Facebook in 2010 and served as Ted Ullyot's deputy general counsel. He was a partner with D.C. firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel for more than 10 years before that. Stretch was involved in the Winklevoss case and a settlement with the FTC regarding Facebook's privacy policies. "Tell you in sec after I do this line and take some hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol, alprazolam and diazepam" America's 50 Outstanding General Counsel (2014)As for the dude who the arrow is pointing to, pay such no mind unless you wanna go there: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmurck/. BTW, years later we're still waiting for proof that KnC truly did pay the U$100K fee to TBC in becoming a Platinum Member. I'm guessing that it never happened, but who the fuck am I? Who else was a partner of Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, I hear you asking? Nobody in particular unless, that is, this guy is relevant: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-31/meet-americas-newest-supreme-court-justice-judge-neil-gorsuchHis work background includes time as a partner with the Washington law firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, a stint with the U.S. Department of Justice and clerkships with Supreme Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy.
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2056158.msg20505927#msg20505927More detailed information about what happened to the BTC-e service.
On July 25, 11:00 the FBI staff came to the data center where our server equipment was located and seized all equipment, the servers contained databases and purses of our service.
Almost 6 days we could not get from our hosting provider the sane information, what happened to our servers because of this information we publish only now.
July 28, the domain was confiscated.
To date, part of the service facility has been arrested by the FBI.
The next update will include information on what options are available to restore the service, as well as the procedure for obtaining funds, in the event that the service is not started. In the current situation, if the service is not started before the end of August, Then from September 1 we will start the process of refund. In the next 1-2 weeks, we will evaluate and publish information about how much money fell into the hands of the FBI and what amount of funds is available for return.
For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone!
The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service.
Sincerely, btc-e
P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. The service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone! The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service. Sincerely, btc-e P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. The service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone! The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service. Sincerely, btc-e P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-alleged A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes. I can't believe that the fuckin FBI falsely claimed that Vinnik operated BTC-e when BTC-e adamantly declares that such was not the case. That's almost as believable as BTC-e returning all its users' funds in spite of not having any access to its database because ... wait for it ... the fuckin FBI took everything when they arrested a slew of other BTC-e employees except the dude who penned the post quoted above promising that all funds WILL Be returned just like Tom Williams of MyBitcoin promised back in 2011. "Listen up, guys. In a few minutes we're going be boarding a plane heading to another country. Once there, we're going to BTC-e's data center and take their servers and hopefully arrest some people. We'll bring the severs and the those arrested back to the US. Meanwhile, Vinnik is about to be arrested in Greece where he's on holiday from Russia. Any questions? Oh, BTW depending on who's writing the news, Colin or Brian Stretch will be handling the prosecutions."
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Still not resolved and waiting for an update/explanation.
Bruno
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/26/16035702/btce-arrest-bitcoin-alexander-vinnik-mt-gox-theft-suspect<also quoted here: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/07/27/bitcoin-exchange-chief-arrested-in-ongoing-investigation-of-mt-gox-theft/> “Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin provide people around the world new and innovative ways of engaging in legitimate commerce,” said U.S. Attorney Colin Stretch, whose office will be prosecuting the case. “As this case demonstrates, however, just as new computer technologies continue to change the way we engage each other and experience the world, so too will criminals subvert these new technologies to serve their own nefarious purposes.” https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-allegedA grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California; Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Chief Don Fort; Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Acting Executive Associate Director Derek Benner; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the Louisville Division Amy Hess; United States Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Investigative Division Michael D’Ambrosio; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Inspector General, Inspector General Jay N. Lerner; and Acting Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Jamal El-Hindi. WHO THE FUCK IS COLIN STRETCH?? ?? ??https://www.crunchbase.com/person/colin-stretchColin Stretch became vice-president and general counsel for Facebook on July 5, 2013. Stretch started with Facebook in 2010 and served as Ted Ullyot's deputy general counsel. He was a partner with D.C. firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel for more than 10 years before that. Stretch was involved in the Winklevoss case and a settlement with the FTC regarding Facebook's privacy policies. "Tell you in sec after I do this line and take some hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol, alprazolam and diazepam" America's 50 Outstanding General Counsel (2014)As for the dude who the arrow is pointing to, pay such no mind unless you wanna go there: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmurck/. BTW, years later we're still waiting for proof that KnC truly did pay the U$100K fee to TBC in becoming a Platinum Member. I'm guessing that it never happened, but who the fuck am I? Who else was a partner of Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, I hear you asking? Nobody in particular unless, that is, this guy is relevant: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-31/meet-americas-newest-supreme-court-justice-judge-neil-gorsuchHis work background includes time as a partner with the Washington law firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, a stint with the U.S. Department of Justice and clerkships with Supreme Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy.
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Hi all! Despite the huge profit we earn, we are closing our activity. Let me explain why.
I'm bitcoin enthusiast since 2011. When we started this service I was convinced that any Bitcoin user has a natural right to privacy. I was totally wrong. Now I grasped that Bitcoin is transparent non-anonymous system by design. Blockchain is a great open book. I believe that Bitcoin will have a great future without dark market transactions. You may use Dash or Zerocoin if you want to buy some weed. Not Bitcoin.
I hope our decision will help to make Bitcoin ecosystem more clean and transparent. I hope our competitors will hear our message and will close their services too. Very soon this kind of activity will be considered as illegal in most of countries.
Cheers, Bitmixer.IO
Translated: My pastor told me to abandon this business, so if you wanna buy weed use Dash or Zerocoin; for accessing underage porn sites, use Ether or Monero; for purchasing weapons off the darknet, use DarkCoin; for buying peaches from Georgia, use CarterCoin; to donate to your place of worship, use JesusCoin.
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2056158.msg20505927#msg20505927More detailed information about what happened to the BTC-e service.
On July 25, 11:00 the FBI staff came to the data center where our server equipment was located and seized all equipment, the servers contained databases and purses of our service.
Almost 6 days we could not get from our hosting provider the sane information, what happened to our servers because of this information we publish only now.
July 28, the domain was confiscated.
To date, part of the service facility has been arrested by the FBI.
The next update will include information on what options are available to restore the service, as well as the procedure for obtaining funds, in the event that the service is not started. In the current situation, if the service is not started before the end of August, Then from September 1 we will start the process of refund. In the next 1-2 weeks, we will evaluate and publish information about how much money fell into the hands of the FBI and what amount of funds is available for return.
For all those who buried us, I will remind you that the service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone!
The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service.
Sincerely, btc-e
P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. The service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone! The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service. Sincerely, btc-e P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. The service has always worked on trust and we are ready to answer for it. The funds will be returned to everyone! The arrest of Russian Alexander Vinnik: Officially declare - Alexander was never the head or employee of our service. Sincerely, btc-e P.S. In the subject write questions as far as possible we will answer them. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-alleged A grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes. I can't believe that the fuckin FBI falsely claimed that Vinnik operated BTC-e when BTC-e adamantly declares that such was not the case. That's almost as believable as BTC-e returning all its users' funds in spite of not having any access to its database because ... wait for it ... the fuckin FBI took everything when they arrested a slew of other BTC-e employees except the dude who penned the post quoted above promising that all funds WILL Be returned just like Tom Williams of MyBitcoin promised back in 2011. "Listen up, guys. In a few minutes we're going be boarding a plane heading to another country. Once there, we're going to BTC-e's data center and take their servers and hopefully arrest some people. We'll bring the severs and the those arrested back to the US. Meanwhile, Vinnik is about to be arrested in Greece where he's on holiday from Russia. Any questions? Oh, BTW depending on who's writing the news, Colin or Brian Stretch will be handling the prosecutions."
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/26/16035702/btce-arrest-bitcoin-alexander-vinnik-mt-gox-theft-suspect<also quoted here: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/07/27/bitcoin-exchange-chief-arrested-in-ongoing-investigation-of-mt-gox-theft/> “Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin provide people around the world new and innovative ways of engaging in legitimate commerce,” said U.S. Attorney Colin Stretch, whose office will be prosecuting the case. “As this case demonstrates, however, just as new computer technologies continue to change the way we engage each other and experience the world, so too will criminals subvert these new technologies to serve their own nefarious purposes.” https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/russian-national-and-bitcoin-exchange-charged-21-count-indictment-operating-allegedA grand jury in the Northern District of California has indicted a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, BTC-e, for operating an unlicensed money service business, money laundering, and related crimes. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch for the Northern District of California; Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation Chief Don Fort; Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Acting Executive Associate Director Derek Benner; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the Louisville Division Amy Hess; United States Secret Service (USSS) Special Agent in Charge of the Criminal Investigative Division Michael D’Ambrosio; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Inspector General, Inspector General Jay N. Lerner; and Acting Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Jamal El-Hindi. WHO THE FUCK IS COLIN STRETCH?? ?? ??https://www.crunchbase.com/person/colin-stretchColin Stretch became vice-president and general counsel for Facebook on July 5, 2013. Stretch started with Facebook in 2010 and served as Ted Ullyot's deputy general counsel. He was a partner with D.C. firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel for more than 10 years before that. Stretch was involved in the Winklevoss case and a settlement with the FTC regarding Facebook's privacy policies. "Tell you in sec after I do this line and take some hydrocodone, oxycodone, tramadol, alprazolam and diazepam" America's 50 Outstanding General Counsel (2014)As for the dude who the arrow is pointing to, pay such no mind unless you wanna go there: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmurck/. BTW, years later we're still waiting for proof that KnC truly did pay the U$100K fee to TBC in becoming a Platinum Member. I'm guessing that it never happened, but who the fuck am I? Who else was a partner of Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, I hear you asking? Nobody in particular unless, that is, this guy is relevant: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-31/meet-americas-newest-supreme-court-justice-judge-neil-gorsuchHis work background includes time as a partner with the Washington law firm Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel, a stint with the U.S. Department of Justice and clerkships with Supreme Justices Byron White and Anthony Kennedy.
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