Also

Trendon Shavers my have been in the past or currently using assumed names or an alias.  If you have seen or know this guy and know him by a name other then Trendon Shavors we'd like to hear from you.

http://trendonshavers.com/

UPDATE

We have received the following information

Trendon Shavors current location
Other illegal activity he may be currently involved in
How much of (your) assets he still controls.
How his is hiding these assets
Where he is hiding these assets.

However it is not possible for any authority to act on this with out  charges being brought.  And unless the SEC is getting helpful information from defrauded creditors no charges will be brought against Trendon Shavors as a result of the SEC Investigation.

As this investigation is non-public there is no way to tell if they are getting the info they need to move forward.

The SEC is located in NYC which was heavily affected by the recent storm, so it may be the possibility that there will be more activity next week when most NYC transportation/offices will be functioning normally.

EskimoBob

I hear you.

My (seemingly false) assumption was the the PPT's would be just as interested in tracking Trendon as all of the individual creditors.  However as I read the posts here and elsewere is seem there is a real FEAR among all of the PPT's that they would face additional, unknown, legal liability and possible  tax liability by getting involved in an SEC investigation.

If I was a PPT and what I was doing was 1. not illegal according to existing laws and 2. not deceptive, and I lost a significant amount of fund to Trendon Shavors (thus having a loss and NO tax liability), I would be first in line to participate in an SEC investigation to prosecute Trendon Shavors and attempt to recover my funds.

However what seems to have happened is that most if not all of the PPT has essentially disappeared.   So that lead to the the following possibilities:

1.  The PPT's Colluded with Trendon Shavor to deceive investors in an effort to profit
2.  The PPT's had no idea was Trendon Shavors was doing but profited anyway.
3.  Something else the PPT'S were doing was deceptive or illegal thus the lack of desire to participate in any legal/government investigation for fear of this activity being uncovered.


The other concern I have and have seen debated here is that bitcoinlandia is populated with not a few libertarians and anarchists and they use bitcoin exactly because it is an extra-governmental medium of exchange.  Now that a fraud/theft has occurred,  some wonder why we are now crying to "Big Brother" now that we've suffered a loss.

My conclusion is that we live in counties of laws and regulations.  It is inevitable that bitcoin will become regulated in some way at some time (possibility with this case) so why not use the existing legal structure to redress a wrong.  And those who chose not to take that route are probably criminals, fraudsters, "scammers" who are hiding under a libertarian veil in an effort to remain unexposed as the fraudter that they are.

Bottom line is I was not personally defrauded by these individuals.  And therefore I am not able to participate in any investigation because any knowledge I have is second hand (hearsey) and not admissible.  If any defrauded creditors wants to see a resolution to this situation, they need to contact the SEC and be interviewed on the record (NOT anonymously) otherwise nothing is going to happen.  The bad guys get away and no one will ever see their BTC again.

But it also seems to me that many of the defrauded creditor are plenty happy to just piss and moan about their situation on these boards with in reality nothing is being done.

I've tracked down and recovered (sometimes across several time zones) a few hundred dollars  from scammer who have defrauded me.  It just boggles my mind that defrauded investors how lost 10's if not 100's of K of USD choose to do nothing.  I  just don't understand that.

interesting TED talk on "perceived value"

http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2011/01/13/all-value-is-perceived-value/

Try to buy product on SR with any other form of cash/currency/stored value with out first converting it to BTC.

Try transporting $20,000.00 of cash/gold/or silver on a plane to another country.

** pink-smuggled cigs would probably be much more valuable in male facility then Hooped cigs in a female facility (I would think).

$220.20

How many BTC do you need?

Mt gox last +5%

+1 thekeystore
Smooth trade

Busted.

DreDri

Is your account less then 30 days old?

I also have this email from an old trade

j.cstrom@live.com

but it is not longer active.
550 550 Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable

no need as long as Tomatocage is on that prowl.

Who was i t?  Username?

epiks has been giving a scammer tag
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=35216

I still say coin cleaner is epiks.  anyone have any evidence.

This and email i received in response to a PM to epics when this started.

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To: fdajkddcek@gmail.com
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Hey, its epiks. Sorry I missed your email, I was on vacation in Hawaii and
I made a deal with the gf, no computer for two weeks. I am not able to send
you a reply with my main email, I no longer have access to it. I still get
notifications on my phone but I can't send messages or login anymore. I'm
not sure if I got hacked/keylogged or if maybe its a server issue with my
hosting.

I hope all is well with you, things have been a bit hectic here, as I was
trying to relax in Hawaii I found out my gf's d-bag of a brother stole my
laptop and drained my paypal account while he was so generously "house
sitting" for us.


this is an email I received from the "real" epics

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Hey its epiks,

I'm in need of some cash..Would you be willing to buy 40btc for $400 via
PP? I'd hope you trust me by now, but I'm more than willing to go first.

Thanks!

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The whois for EPIKADS.COM is a domain by proxy.

I don't remember the whole invite thing.  I was not following pirate or GPUMax before the default.  That is why I am asking.  Thanks.

Clearly he (and his PPT's??)  had the confidence thing down.  

Did he/do you really think he could have captured more then 51% of the network hashing power?

paraipan,

are you familiar with Eric Hammond's fantastic blog Alestic with many useful AWS tips and scripts.

I been using a version of this script to back my master and replication databases daily and hourly for years.
http://alestic.com/2012/02/ec2-consistent-snapshot-on-github

It it database specific but it may point you in the right direction.

Thanks Maged for that informed explanation.

So now we are crediting Trendon Shavers with being an evil Master Mind  (He did make off with aprox. $2M USD worth of bitcoin)?

I'd be curious to hear other opinions about GPUMax.

Don't understand the question...

EDIT: Corrected typo.