Thanks, batman, not crabman. Yes, this lack of updates is being difficult for many of us. Nevertheless, do you guys think is possible or reasonable to state a deadline (30, 60 days?) to continue actions?

I have no experience in dealing with these kind of stuff.

NO

Things go slow but we have not surrendered.

Hi, JohnHarmer. Could you tell us how things are going in Beijing? Is the police taking it seriously?

Every day without news is painful.

I hope your dad is not getting worse. Brain accidents are very bad, I hope you and your relatives gradually find a way to get rid of the pain and keep looking for the little pleasures of life. I tell you sincerely from the bottom of my soul.

For the moment you should inform your local law enforcement. You could gather some of the info of the forums to help them to investigate.

Some of us informed about the situation to the law enforcement. As I understand, all this process could take quite long to get clear and informing the police, letting them know what we know, will help all us along. Including Tradefortress if he´s honest. For the moment I don´t know if such a young boy is able to do such a big scam. I keep the hope that maybe he has good intentions but somebody else around him could have cheated him. If that´s the case maybe at some point police could catch him and partially solve some of this fiasco.

By the way, TF came to the forums recently. Did anybody receive any further communication from him?

I'm still in. 226.17055261 BTC in coinlenders (interest included).

The total interest amount should be around 3 BTC but I'm not sure about that. I tried to contact TF many times telling him that I'd like to get about 7000 EUR worth in BTC and the remaining amount could sit there for maybe more than 6 months... No answer.

I hope we hear something else from him soon. I also suspect we have been victims of some kind of fraud, nevertheless the facts that coinlenders.com is still running and that TF finally reported the hack to the police, make me feel like there is still some hope for us to recover some significant % of our deposits. Some of coinlenders assets may have get a significant reduction, but in the last days asicminer shares increased a bit their value as far as I know.

I hope the police could get TF and he collaborates honestly with them.

At any case, the lawsuit is still an interesting option in my opinion.

This is being a life-changing experience for many of us, let's hope for the best possible solution.

Thanks again for all you guys, Gaston909, Dwdoc, Johnharmer, Mtdox... for your help and collaboration. If I get something of my deposits back, I'll try to show you my gratefulness.

Last night I filed a report to australian federal police expressing my concerns about the dimensions of the incident, TF´s identity, the honesty of TF´s businesses and about the losses for me and other users if finally this is a ponzi scheme (thanks to the ones who helped me doing so).

I used the online form available at

https://forms.afp.gov.au/online_forms/report_a_crime

I also plan to report it to spanish police as soon as I get my home country.

If anybody wants to know what did I write in the form in order to get some suggestions, please PM me.

I strongly recommend you to try to report all this to your local police and or australian federal police.


Right, John. Many big plans are linked to those bitcoins. Some of us hopefully will be able to start again but this is going to be a severe milestone in our lifes... at many aspects

So TF has not absolutely quit comunicating?!

What is he waiting for to let us know his situation?

Good, Dwdoc. Keep us informed. I personally appreciate your efforts.

True!

TF has funds, is deliberately avoiding us and is not going to pay us unless justice catches him.

That´s why we have to go ahead with the lawsuit.

Do you agree with pre-joining the lawsuit? Is important for us to know who wants to colaborate to see if the proccess is viable!

Thanks!

I´m interested in going ahead if that´s the way to recover as much as possible. My total balance on CL is 226.17055261 (1 BTC is frozen on a CD).

Unfortunately I´ve no money now to pay in advance if neccesary (in fact I´ll have to get a loan in the next weeks to maintain my job). Nevertheless if is possible to start without having to pay in advance, I´ll be pleased to provide as much information as needed for the legal action. I´m Spanish, would be neccessary to me to eventually travel to Australia?

Thanks.

TF, are you reading? I hope you find a way to redeem yourself.

Sorry but I don´t understand. What did you pay for, Gotpetum?

This is what TF offered me.


If you accept, please respond with "I accept $22,122.99 USD as full settlement of my CoinLenders balance, with payment made via BTC to the address [your BTC address] using the latest MtGox ask at the time the payment is sent, or $750 USD, whichever is greater. When the payment is made to my specified Bitcoin address, I release and waive any claims with regard to, and hold CoinLenders harmless from and against any and all claims of any kind that are or could be asserted with my use of the service."


I answered this:

I´m sorry, Tradefortress. I cannot accept this settlement you propose now. Nevertheless I´m willing to propose a different arrangement.

Let me withdraw in the next few days the equivalent of 7000 € from my CL account. I´ll use coinbase and bitcoin.de to get the money and I´ll send you the documentation which probes I will get no more than those 7000€.

After that I will not reclaim the remaining amount of my ~226 BTC before may or june of 2014. That will give you some extra time and money free of interest, but finally at some point I´ll need my full account back.
Please, let me know your oppinion about this.

This is what TF offered me.


If you accept, please respond with "I accept $22,122.99 USD as full settlement of my CoinLenders balance, with payment made via BTC to the address [your BTC address] using the latest MtGox ask at the time the payment is sent, or $750 USD, whichever is greater. When the payment is made to my specified Bitcoin address, I release and waive any claims with regard to, and hold CoinLenders harmless from and against any and all claims of any kind that are or could be asserted with my use of the service."


I answered this:

I´m sorry, Tradefortress. I cannot accept this settlement you propose now. Nevertheless I´m willing to propose a different arrangement.

Let me withdraw in the next few days the equivalent of 7000 € from my CL account. I´ll use coinbase and bitcoin.de to get the money and I´ll send you the documentation which probes I will get no more than those 7000€.

After that I will not reclaim the remaining amount of my ~226 BTC before may or june of 2014. That will give you some extra time and money free of interest, but finally at some point I´ll need my full account back.
Please, let me know your oppinion about this.

I´m still in.

~226 Btc on coinlenders. Interest included.

Can anybody tell us the meaning of this picture taken from coinlenders´ home page?

TF, you promised the coinlenders´ problem was going to be handled soon.

Giving some people 10% of their funds is not the way to do that.

Inform us about you plans ASAP!

And by the way, I tried to purchase a CD and the value did not add to my account after it ended.

TF, you promised the coinlenders´ problem was going to be handled soon.

Giving some people 10% of their funds is not the way to do that.

Inform us about you plans ASAP!

And by the way, I tried to purchase a CD and the value did not add to my account after it ended.