Ian is almost certainly on an incredibly dodgy legal footing, having made huge profit by perpetuating fraud.

So yeah, I'd sue him if I'd been dumb enough to put money into this scheme.

When you had an account with BitcoinMax your contract partner was Ian Grice (paybtc/E&G). So maybe it would be the best to build a legal case against Ian. That way he would at least most probably start to respond.
At one point in time Trendon wanted to have the accounts transfered to him. If Ian had complied, you could go direct for Tendon. Unfortunately, or deliberately?, Ian decided to protect Trendon and keep the accounts. Now Trendon has an additional shield, because only Ian had a contract with him, and Ian is apparently no longer interested. I assume he had profited enough.

an example of that would be let's say to start with i have 200 btc which i keep here:

BST wallet   100   i own 100% of these coins
My wallet   100   i own 100% of these coins

then, a bitcoinmax lender decides to invest 40 btc (sending it to MY wallet), the ownership changes immediately to:

BST wallet   100   i own 60 of these coins, and the bitcoinmax lender owns the other 40
My wallet   140   i own 100% of these coins

then if BST stops paying, i've lost 60 btc, and the bitcoinmax lender has lost 40 btc, even though the actual 40 bitcoins that he sent are still unspent in my own personal wallet.

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TRENDON T SHAVERS

Date of Birth: 09/21/1982

A few of his emails:
 tshavers@buscog.com
 tshavers@tlpoffice.com
 tshavers@gmail.com
 shvers@gbm.net

Possible Numbers: (I verified one of these a week ago, It's either the first or second one)
(214) 856-4386
(469) 964-7666
(972) 665-1904
(972) 540-7666
(573) 873-6366

SSN: 461-69-XXXX issued in TEXAS  (I won't put the last 4 here)

Bankruptcies: No
Liens: No
Judgments Yes
Properties: Yes
Corporate Affiliations: No
Criminal/Traffic: Yes

Crime Details - 08/26/2002 - MIDLAND, TX
OffenseDescription1: THEFT >=$20<$500 BY CHECK

Possible Employers (2 Found) (I don't believe these are current, but haven't checked)
Business Name: BUSINESS COGNITION   Phone: (573) 873-6366
Business Name: TLP   Phone: (972) 665-1905

Address: 2305 S CUSTER RD APT 1902, MCKINNEY, TX 75070-6223 (COLLIN COUNTY)

Relatives Address: 608 BROAD LEAF LN, MCKINNEY TX 75070-5152 (COLLIN COUNTY)
Owners: THEODORE SHAVERS & ROBERTA SHAVERS
Possible Numbers: (214) 856-4386  &  (972) 540-7666   (didn't check these)

DMV License Information -
TRENDON T SHAVERS
2305 S CUSTER RD APT 1507, MCKINNEY, TX 75070-6222 (COLLIN COUNTY)
DL Number: 19295421
Issuing State: TX
Original Issue Date: 07/05/2011
Date of Birth: 09/21/1982

Judgments (1 Found)  (since the judgment amt is $0, this is it was paid within 30 days, so the judgment was recorded, the amt was not).
TRENDON SHAVERS
Address: 2305 S CUSTER RD APT 1507, MCKINNEY, TX 75070-6222 (Collin COUNTY)
Filing County: COLLI
Filing Type: CIVIL NEW FILING
Plaintiff: REGENCY AT STONEBRIDGE-RANCH
Court Case Number: EV1100637
Total Judgment Amount: $0
Court: COLLIN JP CT 4-1 - FRISCO(TXCOIM5)
Court Address: P O BOX 1496, FRISCO, TX 75034 (Collin COUNTY)
Court Phone: (972) 731-7300
Filing Date: 04/11/2011

Property Information:
2812 GLEN HOLLOW DR, MCKINNEY, TX 75070-4267 (COLLIN COUNTY)
APN: R-3059-00A-0200-1
APN Sequence Number: 001
Account Number: 2017341
Date Subject First Seen as Owner: 03/13/2007
Date Subject Last Seen as Owner: 07/06/2010
Subdivision Name: MEADOW GLEN AT ELDORADO
Legal Description: MEADOW GLEN AT ELDORADO (CMC), BLK A, LOT 20
Building Square Feet: 2,310
Living Square Feet: 1,905
Land Square Feet: 7,374
Year Built: 1994

Tax Year: 2011
Tax Amount: $3,888.31
Assessed Year: 2011
Assessed Value: $158,590
Sale Date: 04/12/2011
Sale Amount: $62,500
Document Number: 382170
Total Value: $158,590
Land Value: $45,000
Improvement Value: $113,590
Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 2

Current Vehicle Information (2 Found)
2006 FORD -Series: AMARILLO~HARLEY DAVIDSON~ - Model: F350SD
VIN: 1FTWW31P36ED34573
Body Style: CREW CAB 4 Door
Vehicle Type: Passenger Car
Weight: 6586 - 6730 lbs
Length: 245.6 - 261.8"
Color: Unknown
Most Current Tag #: TX 88YJF9
Drive Type: 4WD
Fuel: DIESEL 29 - 38
Gallon Engine: 6.0L V8 TURBO
Title Holders TRENDON SHAVERS
2305 S CUSTER RD APT 1507, MCKINNEY, TX 75070
Lien Holders: None Found
Lessors: None Found

2007 BMW -Series: BASE - Model: M5
VIN: WBSNB93567CX07102
Body Style: SEDAN 4 Door 5P
Vehicle Type: Passenger Car
Weight: 4012 lbs
Length: 191.5"
Color: Unknown Most
Current Tag #: TX DM6Z571
Drive Type: RWD
Fuel: GAS 18.5
Gallon Engine: 5.0L V10 NATURALLY ASPIRATED
Lien Holders: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N. A PO BOX 901098, FORT WORTH, TX 76101-2098 (TARRANT COUNTY)
Lessors: None Found

FL Accidents (None Found)
US Business Affiliations (None Found)
UCC Filings (None Found)
US Corporate Affiliations (None Found)
Aircraft Records (None Found)
Pilot Licenses (None Found)
Voter Registrations (None Found)
Hunting Permits (None Found)
Weapon Permits (None Found)

Relatives (I won't post their numbers here):
- TED SHAVERS 02/13/1954 Age: 58
- EARLENE SHAVERS 11/29/1934 Age: 77
- JENNIFER JOANN SHAVERS 11/19/1983 Age: 29
- BRETT JEREMY SHAVERS 06/03/1980 Age: 32
- RYLAN D SHAVERS 02/10/1984 Age: 28
- ROBERTA ANN SHAVERS 03/05/1962 Age: 50
- ASHLEY DENISE SHAVERS 05/22/1978 Age: 34

Anyway, I hope this helps everyone.

Eric

There's no way to know.  People may be able to prove that they gave funds to the PPT operators but proving that those funds were handed on to pirate and that he didn't return them to the PPT operators is a different ball-game.

paying less than 1% face was a good bet.  I would do it again.  

Hardly the same thing as believing in 3600%.  And unicorns.  

I bid 75 BTC

I bid 50 BTC

I will give you 100 BTC.

Given the developing situation, I don't think that is lowball.

Amazing that no one with skin in the game cares enough to try to hold him to account.  My guess is they feel too foolish, knowing how ludicrously naive it was to believe in 7% a week. 

But the fact is, this person didn't pay me extra, but out of principle, I won't repeat an investigation on someone for two different clients.

Maybe someone will offer me a lot of money to find someone they want to hurt or have no business finding and I'll turn them down.

1.) You will have to either send first or we can ask for escrow service (preferably from johnthedong).

You can chargeback up to 180 days after the transaction takes place. 

30% is good enough for me, and I'm sure many will agree. Let me know if you manage to do so. 

Or maybe a few touch guys personally "urge" him to pay lol.

Oh, Trendon Shavers. Some user was offering a bunch of money for his info quite a while ago. I found everything on the guy but the user recanted on paying me. I got his ssn, address, assets, credit, everything!

I thought that I saw somewhere that someone had already created a custom version of Bitcoin-Qt that had coin-control in it?  For whatever reason the modifications never made it into the version generally recognized as being the "official"version.  I don't remember when/where I saw it so I could be mistaken.