Are the real life identities of all of the PPT operators even known (no need to put their RL identities here, I'm just curious about whether we actually know the identities of the people who hold a lot of evidence)?
Do we even have a list of all the people who attended the Las Vegas meet-up?
Like it or not, the PPT operators were an integral part of this particular scam and there can be no meaningful investigation of Trendon's ponzi without their activities also being examined.
Good point.
I don't think that PPT operators are going to cooperate without a full understanding of any legal/tax consequences. And judging from their comments to each other on these boards I think the really of any cooperation among man y them is probably nil. I do think that if a representative among them steps up that could be very helpful in collecting evidence.
I know some users/victims who have already commented here are willing to come forward. They will have to be then one's to bring any civil action. I am not a lawyer but if the SEC is interested in investigating this and they get some cooperation form the victims, there is a possiblilty to pursue criminal penalties, which would probably mean no recovery of funds (others claim he has not provable assets anyway) but as least Trendon would the have been brought to justice and I think for the victims and the community as as whole that would allow from some closure.