Nobody knows how much money the Chipmixer owner has access to or even where he is currently hiding but apart from getting caught or surrendering, what other options are there? If he is looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life it cannot be good for both physical and mental health regardless of the amount of funds he might have access to.

He should consider preparing a legal defence team (he probably has enough funds to hire the best legal experts) and then make a deal with the US authorities to find a solution.

I cannot recall properly but was the main reason scammer Paul Vernon the owner/operator of Cryptsy exchange never arrested because he ended up in China out of the way of US extradition treaties?

I remember when that whole saga was unfolding. All of a sudden out of nowhere it was noticed several members of the Turkish community were involved in what can only be described as dubious merit awarding while they wanted to get to DT.

Thankfully it was down to just a handful of trolls who were unbelievably upset at not being selected for the Chipmixer signature campaign that went on to attack the campaign manager and spread rumours about the forum too: @theymos: False allegations made against theymos and BCT forum - by Vispilio

The far majority of the Turkish community were and are contributing to the good of the forum and are an important part of the ecosystem.

The attitude he has shown stems from either he and/or his buddies that applied to join the Chipmixer signature campaign, were rejected. I cannot recall seeing that much aggression against a campaign manager simply because he refused to select certain applicants. If I remember correctly I applied maybe 3 times the last probably in 2020 but was rejected like many others but they did not seem to have the aggression shown by members of a certain local board.

Results of the quarter-final games:

Manchester City 6-0 Burnley
Sheffield United 3-2 Blackburn Rovers
Brighton and Hove Albion 5-0 Grimsby Town
Manchester United 3-1 Fulham

These are the semi-final fixtures:

Saturday 22nd April
Brighton and Hove Albion vs Manchester United
Manchester City vs Sheffield United

There has never been an all Manchester FA Cup final before, this year it might happen. Brighton and Sheffield United have done well to get this far, it would be a spectacular moment if they managed to be the finalists.

Maybe the disk size hosting package was 7TB and there was nominal size data on it after the OS and updates were added and the vast majority of the 7TB was empty disk space. It is possible it was something completely different, we simply do not know. All I know is that there is no need for anybody to believe the owner of Chipmixer would not have backed up keys or mixed coin data.

There are several possible scenarios but what is in the 7TB data is one of the missing pieces. Would it really be impossible to presume the owner of Chipmixer decided to keep a log of every single transaction that he facilitated? Just because he said he did not back up any data or store any keys does not mean he was true to his word.

We simply do not know what the owner of Chipmixer was doing with any data that passed through his servers but at worst case scenario he kept a log of almost everything.

This is not directed at any member in particular but if there are members here that begrudge the manner in which some of those wearing particular signatures have behaved in the past, it is understandable from their perspective why they would find it difficult to feel any remorse for them at losing what has been a lucrative signature income over many years. Sadly, maybe some here would even raise a smile at the demise of Chipmixer and subsequent loss of signature campaign income for some participants (which is quite an awful thing to do in my opinion) but that is the nature of the forum. There are varying opinions across the boards and they all have a right to their opinion.

About your warnings to the community about Chipmixer, I did not know about you making them but if you sounded the alarm and it was ignored what more could you do? By what you are saying it seems you tried your best but others were not convinced. I do not know what happened in your circumstance related to warning others about Chipmixer but from what I have seen elsewhere it is not easy to bring forward a differing point of view in any subject/capacity when opposition is strong, especially if they are driven by financial greed to oppose.

You also have to accept some members that participated in the Chipmixer signature campaign thought they were promoting a privacy service and were shocked that money laundering allegations have been made against a service they promoted.

At the moment the news appears to be that the whereabouts of the owner of Chipmixer remains unknown. Maybe he has enough funds to remain hidden from any authorities chasing him but at some point he will end up getting caught or he will surrender voluntarily.

Do you think there could be any sort of plea bargain offered?

Chipmixer allegedly laundered approximately $3 billion but if the owner of Chipmixer is privy to certain information that could get criminals arrested (or if he has a vast amount of crypto from those mixes that he is willing to hand over) then it makes this case even more interesting.

Thank you shasan for addressing the question asked by notblox1.

Manchester City qualified for the semi-final yesterday after they beat Burnley. Sheffield United have qualified today after they beat Blackburn Rovers therefore these are the two confirmed semi-finalists. We are now waiting for the results in the other two games taking place today (Brighton and Hove Albion vs Grimsby Town and also Manchester United vs Fulham)

Later this evening the FA Cup semi-finals draw will be made, I will update the thread either this evening or tomorrow with full instructions on how to participate in the competition. I hope it will be as fun and active as the other lottery and competition threads were:

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RESULTS:

Aston Villa 3-0 Bournemouth
Brentford 1-1 Leicester City
Southampton 3-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-4 Leeds United
Chelsea 2-2 Everton

Both Tottenham and Chelsea dropped points, somewhat unexpectedly. Well done to Everton to get a point as they try to fight off a serious relegation threat. The same for Southampton, they got a vital point at home against a strong Tottenham team as they are rooted to the foot of the Premier League table.

It does seem as though he has a theory of his own but is keeping quiet and he is definitely not a newbie.

I have been reading various comments posted in the forum in the past where Chipmixer was alleged to have been a honeytrap. Some of the conspiracy theorists even said the forum was purchased by big corporations and are using it for nefarious purposes:

@theymos: False allegations made against theymos and BCT forum - by Vispilio

Until you mentioned it I probably never heard of Ghostery but as with all browser add-ons they can read your browsing history and do much more.

Regarding NordVPN, there have been rumours about them too but they have passed annual security audits regularly. As for Protonmail, apart from the time they gave the IP address to the French authorities of the person in question and when it was leaked in the media Proton clarified their position by saying they were compelled by Swiss law to hand the information over to the French police but said if the person in question had used a VPN they would have given that IP address instead.

Proton also seem to have kept certain metadata and other information which was not encrypted. Proton also said the email content was encrypted and not released to the French police. Since then there are not any rumours about their email or VPN service but they removed their no IP logging claim.

Still, I would advise to take caution and to not put blind trust in any online company.

Be very careful what you wish for, after all, Chipmixer was allegedly used by criminals to launder $3 billion and you do not want those criminals start using Coinomize for illegal purposes.

Personally, I think it is just a matter of time before all mixers will be used for money laundering by dangerous criminals therefore various international law enforcement agencies will take action to close down mixer websites and will seek the arrest of mixer owners.

Are you worried your website could soon be seized by the FBI and an arrest warrant could be issued for your arrest?

In which capacity is Wasabi lost? Their website is operational.

We hope for the best when it comes to the forum, I hope there will be no issues facing it. Apart from a minority of people that use the forum for nefarious purposes, by far the majority of us all use the forum for legitimate use.

PLEASE NOTE: Closing date for the competition is Saturday 22nd April 2023 therefore all entries have to be submitted before the first semi-final kicks-off and as long as entries are accepted.
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1: which teams will reach the final (points only awarded if both teams correctly selected)
3 points

2: how many yellow cards in total will be shown in the semi-finals
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This is a handy service provided by NotATether and good to see members in the forum offering a varying degree of services. Going by the images of your recent work posted in the thread, you will not have to wait long before members start approaching you with work.

Adobe is not the only large company that does not accept prepaid Mastercard and VISA. I hope this and associated services you offer will generate enough for you to pay for the CC subscription working around the prepaid card issue.

Result from the game played yesterday: Nottingham Forest 1-2 Newcastle United

These are the Premier League games taking place today:

Aston Villa vs Bournemouth
Brentford vs Leicester City
Southampton vs Tottenham Hotspur
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Leeds United
Chelsea vs Everton

On current form I would expect Chelsea and Tottenham to win their games. If Tottenham win it will make an interesting race for a top four finish because they would leapfrog Manchester United in to 3rd place.

I understand what you say but put it this way, if a service is open to misuse by the end user then the owners of mixers are on the inevitable road to being arrested for money laundering. Having a maximum limit per mix would only allow those who wish to misuse the service to circumvent the rules with relative ease.

The only way to avoid that would be from them to retain customer data including KYC which they can pass on to relevant law enforcement agencies when legally required to do so but that is counterproductive to those seeking anonymity when mixing and not many would be willing to hand over their details to mixers.