[BOUNTY] Info leading to criminal arrest in ASIC Theft. Escrow via John K.

[dogie]

And get home insurance. And mugging insurance (usually the same thing). And health insurance.

You'll sleep so much better knowing if your house blows up, or there are riots (I lived on the main street of the London riots, just 12 months earlier), or you blow up (and took the tube journey of the London bombings 400 times), or get mugged (living in the ghetto ftw) - you're covered. Just give it them, that's why you have insurance.

But saying that, I do leave a loaded bear trap by the door when I go to work.

[silverserpent]

Sorry to hear that. I will install my backup D-Link camera and point to the avalons. All images ftp'ed to a remote server.

make sure on UPS too, as routers, modems, etc. probably be cool to setup notification/instant remote video access also

[jelin1984]

sorry to hear that friend

[Bitcoinorama]

Sorry, just throwing this out there, but are you 100% sure they knew what they were taking?

I mean it might just have looked like an important black box, a pc tower that's well engineered and thus may have valuable data?

Was anything else taken, was there any sign of rummaging throughout other areas of the house?!

Dd you brag about your new toy to anyone local? Would they have understood it's purpose?

Any contract workers, cleaner, handyman recently?

[MrMochi]

How did they get in?
Was it a forced entry?

My condolences none the less.
I hope this is not the start of more burglaries like this.

This is a problem with film equipment as well.
You can't leave it at a hotel for instance.
Because somehow word gets around.
And your gear will be long gone by the time you return.

In most of those cases the equipment isn't found again.
Even when the perpetrator is known.
The goods are shipped internationally within the day.
Rare and valuable items (which can't be sold instantly) disappear into a cellar or go to the bottom of a lake.

So if this an organized gang.
I'm afraid your chances are slim.
However I'm pretty sure it's an individual you know.
Someone who got to you trough your auction.

I hope you find your man and avalon.

[worldinacoin]

The Bitcoin community isn't big, I guess there is still a chance to catch that guy.

[escrow.ms]

I doubt he will even sell it, he can just mine bitcoins and earn from them as there's no doubt the guy who stole it or got it stolen from your house knows alot about bitcoins and is not a regular theif.

sorry for your loss.

Ps id you have taken some pic of your asic otherwise ask avalon if they can provide some unique identification of your machine.

and  i was confused about escrow money, you said john.k is escrow and you paid him.

That address already had 30 bitcoins from many days ago  
(Fee: 0.0008 BTC - Size: 7613 bytes) 2013-06-05 05:28:26

[ooxtcoo]

maybe the big avalone devices which cost big money, should have some protection in the firmware.
it should be easy to make a OTP chip, which is programmed one time and cant be changed.
after every first start of the box, it should send a location positions email to the owner written into the OTP area of the chip.

this way, nobody can change it, without changing the chip itself.
the tief would need some programming skills to caputure and discard the send packets.

it also would be possible to make some authentication system, with a key.
only the owner how knows the key, can calculate the unlock code to unlock the device and start using it.

maybe to produzers should think about such protection for the expensiv devices!

2 years back, we used dm3 box to unlock nokia phones.
we where first in the world unlocking this phones, the programmer of this box, made a authentication system
via sms, if box was not used after 30 minutes anymore, it auto locked it and it was only possible to reactivate it
when entering a new calculated key.

this box was worth a million of euro if not more!
if box got stolen, noone would be able to use it again!

it was better protected then the nokia system itself.
so someone how would steal the box, would be faster to crack nokia directly instead of stealing the box and cracking the box.
it was a perfect protection!



i have some alarm system made by my self.
every window, every door have automatic hidden alarm, it calls my phone number without any visible signals
to the robber.
at the moment he enters my builing at this moment i get a phone call.
(shure there are also ways to disable that alarm, but i have something other too)
i have a wlan cam how record always if there is a change on the picture with date and time.

simple every computer cam can do it with free software.

[muyuu]

Get a gun and conceal-carry it.

[bcpokey]

How would getting a gun help someone whose home was robbed when they were not around?

Anyway, my condolences man, that is pretty crazy, that people are targetting Avalons. Pretty sick, but in these times, a device that can sell or generate tens of thousands of dollars is basically like a big pile of cash. Good on you for trying to bring them to justice, I think this community could benefit from a few more scammers/thieves/robbers getting some of whats coming to them.

[pajak666]

It's someone you know.

+1

[Bitcoinorama]

It's someone you know.

+1

+2, has to be. You've unwittingly mentioned you $1,000 a week printing press...

[JordanL]

That really sucks, hope you find the prick.

Yeah, I'm sorry to hear that... This is some crazy wild west territory we're in, but this is the first I've heard of someone being physically robbed from to get the coin.  

Here's my thoughts based on your information.

1.  How many people knew you had this box?  They're all suspect IMHO.  Including the original shipper...  Avalon I presume?

2.  Concerning eBay.  Who have you done business with in the past that might look at your "items for sale" link that are related to bitcoin.  Buy any riser cards?  Any bitcoin paraphernalia that would give someone a shipping address on your box based on a previous purchase?  All suspect IMHO.  I don't see how a random passer by on eBay would be able to obtain your address without buying something or selling something to you.

I also see how anyone would brag about a having a "stolen" Avalon.  And if they did, there's honor among thieves...  unfortunately.

I hope you catch the bastard!  I do!!!  I'm sure you've run down all these options... but I'd be looking for people I'd done business with in the past that might be within 0-8 hours drive from where you live.  Chances are, the thief is mining with that and not trying to resell it.  So you might need get some good suspects and then social engineer that situation for a while to get any answers.

You need a home alarm system, a mean dog, and a gun safe loaded to the gills my bitcoin brother...

I don't see how the guns would have helped... but the dog and security system sure could have!

Few ideas.

1) Identifiable codes/marks/IDs on the unit? Could ask Avalon if they'd have any record of such?
2) Clarify the position of ownership if someone discovers they've bought a stolen unit. By law it would be returned to you and they'd be out of pocket, so you'll need to give them a real incentive to report it [other than legal]. Sucks but its the truth. Ie you'll make sure they wont be out of pocket
3) Your mining details. When someone plugs the unit in, surely it will mine for a few seconds to your account, sending a few packets and location. Although I guess they could config offline first.
4) Get in contact with Avalon. They may have other methods of tracking or identifying the unit even we don't know about yet.

Holy crap you are smart, that's brilliant. Perhaps the mining pool could help trace his IP. I would attempt to pursue that for sure if I were the victim.

The Bitcoin community isn't big, I guess there is still a chance to catch that guy.

Hopefully he can narrow it down more than that!!

[gbx]

I don't see how the guns would have helped... but the dog and security system sure could have!

Well, I would assume that the burglar had cased the house.  Probably went to the door, knocked, and pretended to be either a salesman or looking for a fictitious person or address if the owners were home at the time.

A CC firearm may have been helpful for the worst case scenario.  And only with proper training and use would it have been helpful.  But the worst case scenario would have been if they were home during the invasion or came home during the invasion.  I would suspect that there has been some unusual activity in this neighborhood prior to the burglary.

I know my girl doesn't like to answer the door when she's home alone.  I always encourage her to answer the door, because, that's usually how a home invasion starts.   http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/01/10/georgia-woman-who-shot-intruder-hailed-as-model-gun-owner/
 

[John (John K.)]

I confirm I am managing the bounty here.

Thanks,
John

[gogxmagog]

its too bad you got burned bro, but the lesson here is; never advertise your wealth and assets. it is an invitation to thieves. you wouldn't tell them how much money you have in the bank would you?

i hope you catch the greasy bastard tho. mebby when you do, head over to blackhat forums with a different bounty to have the thief's identity stolen, bank acc. emptied, life destroyed.

also i hear you can feed the bitcoin economy over at silkroad by purchasing assassin for btc

...just a thought or two...

[Bitcoinorama]

I wouldn't advocate violence, and that assassin crap on Silkroad is bollocks, or at lead I hope it is.

You're a fool for promoting your wealth publically, you earned your attention, but no one deserves this.

Hope you catch the guy, presumably by when he next tries to switch the unit on, as it attempts to connect to the last configured pool, although he may well read these forums.

Count yourself lucky this didn't happen with you, or any family present, could have got messy if he was determined...

[Bitcoin Megastore]

The Bitcoin community isn't big, I guess there is still a chance to catch that guy.

Hopefully he can narrow it down more than that!!

Hopefully he understands that thief might be checking this forum daily. Since that is quite possible, I suggest to not reveal any plans here nor
write about police investigation and other stuff. Proceed by asuming everyone are suspect, including myself. Another suggestion would be to
check all security cameras around your neightbourhood, maybe even wider. Someone living around might be having camera recording traffic 24/7
or something else and thus accidentaly a proof of robbery that might lead to thief arrest.

[pleasuretek]

It's someone you know.

+1
stay away from people that do drugs (eat pills, do coke, etc), if you have hardware like an avalon, don't let people know what or where it is. If you have told them about the purchase, be forever waiting for a shipment.

[culexevilman]

This is sad. You need to think how the thieve got your address. It might might be someone you know personally.

sucks man， I hope you get your machine back, *off to secure hw*