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[runam0k]

Can someone please accept my google groups membership? This is infuriating.

Pretty sure tbomb is the only one with permission to add to the group. PM him again (I suspect he's still on vacation, so it might be next week before he sees it).

[xhomerx10]

Our BFL gear seems to be enjoying the cool evenings. This winter could be very interesting.

 I was just looking through some of the old posts.  This winter is very interesting indeed!

[Alphi]

that's another piece of evidence that confirms CreativeX as Timonex...

I'm sure his winters will be interesting once the investors catch up with him.

[Nightmoonk]

Now that Burnside has emailed everyone their api keys and we can prove who owns what, can us rookies finally get into this top secret google group?

I'd be willing to give someone my api key to verify ownership of shares.

[starsoccer9]

same, id love to get into the group

[saveawedge]

I've been trying for months. Absolutely willing to verify via API key.

[runam0k]

tbomb was in charge of the group (adding members, etc) but he hasn't been around for a while. He hasn't been active on this forum since before Christmas.

Ideally a US based shareholder would take the lead. I've come to the conclusion creativex is a bit of a failure in life; suffice to say this was never a professional mining outfit. Civil and/or criminal complaints should follow. Not sure what the chances of recovery are but at this point I would be happy just to see a scammer brought to (some form of) justice.

I'm a bit busy at the moment but I will help out where I can.

[ausbitbank]

I'm also keen to join the group, recieving my api keys the other day was a depressing reminder about my BASIC-MINING shares .. 

[xhomerx10]

I've made a post in the basic-mining google group offering my services to organize the complaint and also have PM'd tbomb to see if he can authorize those who haven't yet gained access.
We can't let this die.  The money doesn't belong to Eric.

Take care

[Alphi]

I've made a post in the basic-mining google group offering my services to organize the complaint and also have PM'd tbomb to see if he can authorize those who haven't yet gained access.
We can't let this die.  The money doesn't belong to Eric.

Take care

feel free to give creativeX  a negative trust on bitcointalk too... not that he will ever be likely to come back but the more people who know this guy is not to be trusted the better.

[lunarboy]

I've made a post in the basic-mining google group offering my services to organize the complaint and also have PM'd tbomb to see if he can authorize those who haven't yet gained access.
We can't let this die.  The money doesn't belong to Eric.

Take care

feel free to give creativeX  a negative trust on bitcointalk too... not that he will ever be likely to come back but the more people who know this guy is not to be trusted the better.

Something needs to happen, he's out there somewhere   

[freedomno1]

Acknowledging the wide net

[Nightmoonk]

Before I hand over a great deal of personal information, could someone confirm that the pm from deltanine is legit?

Thanks.

[ryan1894]

Before I hand over a great deal of personal information, could someone confirm that the pm from deltanine is legit?

Thanks.

Yea should be, there has been a google user groups going for a while now

Only now has xhomerx10 taken up reins to at least attempt to get him to talk

[deltanine]

Before I hand over a great deal of personal information, could someone confirm that the pm from deltanine is legit?

Thanks.

Yea should be, there has been a google user groups going for a while now

Only now has xhomerx10 taken up reins to at least attempt to get him to talk

There have been several attempts to contact creativex, even a PI hired to track him down but he remains elusive.  The PI work was very extensive even going as far as interviewing his mother.  Unfortunately Eric Allen Corlew does not want to be found.

This information is to move forward with a criminal complaint.

[Nightmoonk]

Before I hand over a great deal of personal information, could someone confirm that the pm from deltanine is legit?

Thanks.

Yea should be, there has been a google user groups going for a while now

Only now has xhomerx10 taken up reins to at least attempt to get him to talk

There have been several attempts to contact creativex, even a PI hired to track him down but he remains elusive.  The PI work was very extensive even going as far as interviewing his mother.  Unfortunately Eric Allen Corlew does not want to be found.

This information is to move forward with a criminal complaint.

That's cool, I'm not part of the google group (application denied) so I wanted to confirm from other sources this was going to a lawyer not somewhere nefarious.

[deltanine]

Before I hand over a great deal of personal information, could someone confirm that the pm from deltanine is legit?

Thanks.

Yea should be, there has been a google user groups going for a while now

Only now has xhomerx10 taken up reins to at least attempt to get him to talk

There have been several attempts to contact creativex, even a PI hired to track him down but he remains elusive.  The PI work was very extensive even going as far as interviewing his mother.  Unfortunately Eric Allen Corlew does not want to be found.

This information is to move forward with a criminal complaint.

That's cool, I'm not part of the google group (application denied) so I wanted to confirm from other sources this was going to a lawyer not somewhere nefarious.

I'm not really sure how I got in the group when so many were unable to.  tbomb manages the group and he seems to have gotten so wrapped up in his studies in law school that he has been unable to continue on.  He did fund the PI and so his contributions have been essential and much appreciated.

[tempestb]

I doubt any legal action will take place because the work involved to track him down doesn't seem to be worth it for law enforcement.  There isn't enough to go on.  We're not even sure of his real name being correct.

Honestly, a bunch of people (Me included) invested in someone who nobody apparently met, vetted, or even has a picture of the guy.  Seems to be a common theme in Bitcoin investing that folks will throw good money at anyone who just writes up a big post with the promise of future $$$. 

There really needs to be a better vetting process.  Instead of hiring Private Investigators after the fact, someone should have spent the money flying out to meet him first hand and getting a copy of his ID and running a background check on him.  But nobody is going to do that, because it would cost X% of their potential BTC value.

I chalk my investment up to money lost.  Even if you guys do find him, and sue him, he'll be broke and whatever equipment he has will be worthless.  I'm not saying he should get away with it, but the reason he is going to get away with it is because nobody (Including me) did the necessary vetting to make sure this guy is legit.

[runam0k]

There really needs to be a better vetting process.  Instead of hiring Private Investigators after the fact, someone should have spent the money flying out to meet him first hand and getting a copy of his ID and running a background check on him.

Maybe a big investor at the IPO stage, but that doesn't work for small investors buying a few shares on btct.co after the event. The (incorrect) assumption, of course, was that some form of DD had taken place.

I don't know if you saw the PI reports, but it looks like he gave the right name -- one of the properties linked to him had a bunch of mining equipment in it, his mother knew all about his interest in Bitcoin, etc.

The guy is obviously a loser but he's also a scammer. I agree with everything you said, but I'd encourage all shareholders to respond to the complaint PM, even if it's only to confirm your shareholding at this stage. A complaint should be made regardless of the chance of success.

[MilkyLep]

Gotta keep this going. Eric wont be broke anytime soon. He's probably scoping out more places to bury those gold and silver bars he bought online.

I noticed tbomb has logged onto these forums every so often, anyone find it strange he somewhat dropped off the map?