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[hilariousandco]

well unfortunately john was on the malaysian airline.

That joke wasn’t funny the first time someone made it, but John was long gone before the Malasia flight.

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[bigtimespaghetti]

At what point do we start talking about legal action? I guess we need to ID him first?

You should gather what info you have on him, but not sure what legal action would be successful here.

I think legal action is realistic as long as you have the information, I'm sure coinroll would love someone else to do their job for them.

Yeah, but what do you have other than an email address? Will law enforcement even be interested in or do anything about theft of bitcoins?

If there is only an email address then I do not know how anyone could proceed without the assistance of law enforcement or perhaps some super hackers. And for 100BTC? I doubt anything will be done.

Besides I don't think anything will happen. If anything could have been done someone would have stepped forward already and there has been radio silence as far as I know.

[MoneyGod]

well unfortunately john was on the malaysian airline.

That joke wasn’t funny the first time someone made it, but John was long gone before the Malasia flight.

Again and again same matter not helping any one if some one have solid information then post here

[icey]

Just popping in to see if anyone has heard anything. From looking at the recent posts, still nothing

[hilariousandco]

It was quite a genius move to name the thread topic: "not dead or running". I think from the moment this thread was started he had no intention of ever returning. It just bought time, distance, false hope and a head start to run and hide.

He stops by to return 1000 of the forums coins but decides to run off with a relatively measly 100 instead? I think he already had a head start of two months before he decided to return (and then disappear again).

[ReBoRn]

It was quite a genius move to name the thread topic: "not dead or running". I think from the moment this thread was started he had no intention of ever returning. It just bought time, distance, false hope and a head start to run and hide.

He stops by to return 1000 of the forums coins but decides to run off with a relatively measly 100 instead? I think he already had a head start of two months before he decided to return (and then disappear again).

I have one question why he return 1000 bitcoin and run with 100 if he run with these 1000 then he could be more rich and can live comfortable life

[yurimir]

John K. - no offense, just conclusions

[DannyHamilton]

Maybe this is John K?

A good friend of mine recently past away at the age of 19 and he was heavily involved in the Bitcoin world. He was paranoid of someone taking his efforts so he created an offline wallet to store his bitcoins. The day he was at the hospital he gave me a paper and said this is all you will need to access the coins.  He passed away that same day and I have no idea of how to access.
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Yes, he was a member on all the forums.
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[casinocoin]

If you have a problem with John regarding his escrows, that doesn't really have anything to do with the forum. This thread is also a better fit in service discussion since it's about his escrows, not meta.

No, it have EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THIS FORUM. He was in an important position provided by the administration and used exclusively this forum to provide his escrow services.

[hilariousandco]

John K. - no offense, just conclusions

Care to translate? Or am I safe in assuming it just means 'fuck you' .

Maybe this is John K?

A good friend of mine recently past away at the age of 19 and he was heavily involved in the Bitcoin world. He was paranoid of someone taking his efforts so he created an offline wallet to store his bitcoins. The day he was at the hospital he gave me a paper and said this is all you will need to access the coins.  He passed away that same day and I have no idea of how to access.
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Yes, he was a member on all the forums.
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Interesting. Someone asked him if his name was John.

[malevolent]

Care to translate? Or am I safe in assuming it just means 'fuck you' .

He already provided the translation ("no offense, just conclusions").

[BadBear]

If you have a problem with John regarding his escrows, that doesn't really have anything to do with the forum. This thread is also a better fit in service discussion since it's about his escrows, not meta.

No, it have EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THIS FORUM. He was in an important position provided by the administration and used exclusively this forum to provide his escrow services.

Thanks for quoting that, I ignored him a while back and that's good for a laugh. He's such a hypocrite.

 

...By the way, I am glad to know Mr. John is an administrator now. I think I would only accept him participating in this section. Mr. John is far more mature and business driven than Theymos. We need someone like Mr. John giving the orders around here.

He actually wanted John running this forum, but as soon as things go sideways he's so quick to blame others. He says whatever suits his agenda at the moment. And to think I respected the guy at one point. It's sad seeing people stoop to this level.

[Bicknellski]

Trust but verify. Always verify. Wonder what the heck John K. is doing given the exemplar services he provided in the past.
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[QuestionAuthority]

He's either dead, in the hospital or in jail. No one goes from 0 to 60 that fast. This makes no sense at all. If he was going to completely wash his hands of Bitcoin and the forum he would have taken the forums coin too.

[Light]

Unless he feared the forum owners would reveal his identity?

Do they actually have all his dox or some partial information about his identity?

Man, after 3 months he still hasn't said a word or even logged in. Talk about a hiatus.

[hilariousandco]

Unless he feared the forum owners would reveal his identity?

Do they actually have all his dox or some partial information about his identity?

Man, after 3 months he still hasn't said a word or even logged in. Talk about a hiatus.

He went AWOL for quite a while before he returned as well. Seems it might've happened before in the past too from what I gather.

Do they actually have all his dox or some partial information about his identity?

I don't know SMF but forums usually have a record of all IPs ever used to post. That certainly can be useful.

Yeah, but see this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=412061.msg6088230#msg6088230

Plus Theymos said he's unlikely to release this stuff without a reasonable police request or something.

[Light]

Yeah, but see this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=412061.msg6088230#msg6088230

Plus Theymos said he's unlikely to release this stuff without a reasonable police request or something.

Hm... wouldn't they still have logs from before he was using a VPN/Tor? Or does theymos not keep any logs at all after a certain period of time?

What I don't get is that if he wanted to scam he could have easily waited for a few more escrow orders to come in to get more and then run off - with the worst case scenario only having to return the forums coins if theymos had leverage over him via his details.

[hilariousandco]

Yeah, but see this post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=412061.msg6088230#msg6088230

Plus Theymos said he's unlikely to release this stuff without a reasonable police request or something.

Hm... wouldn't they still have logs from before he was using a VPN/Tor? Or does theymos not keep any logs at all after a certain period of time?

What I don't get is that if he wanted to scam he could have easily waited for a few more escrow orders to come in to get more and then run off - with the worst case scenario only having to return the forums coins if theymos had leverage over him via his details.

Yes, it is a very bizarre situation, but he apparently had a group buy escrow still held as well (and possibly others). I can't speak on behalf of what logs theymos retains, but forums I've modded on before tend to keep a log of all IPs used, but that's irrelevant if he won't give them out and there might not be much you could do with them anyway.

[augustocroppo]

If you have a problem with John regarding his escrows, that doesn't really have anything to do with the forum. This thread is also a better fit in service discussion since it's about his escrows, not meta.

No, it have EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THIS FORUM. He was in an important position provided by the administration and used exclusively this forum to provide his escrow services.

Thanks for quoting that, I ignored him a while back and that's good for a laugh. He's such a hypocrite.

 

...By the way, I am glad to know Mr. John is an administrator now. I think I would only accept him participating in this section. Mr. John is far more mature and business driven than Theymos. We need someone like Mr. John giving the orders around here.

He actually wanted John running this forum, but as soon as things go sideways he's so quick to blame others. He says whatever suits his agenda at the moment. And to think I respected the guy at one point. It's sad seeing people stoop to this level.

You are quoting out of the context... Anyway, Badbear, you still did not learn that you should never trust in words at face value. Do not think that everything I write represent exactly what I think. If you did not realize, I play with words to obtain premeditated responses.

Moreover, whatever I said it will not change the fact that it was due to the administration consent that John K. perpetrated his scheme.

...and no, I would never really like another young idiot administrating this forum.

[hilariousandco]

Yes, it is a very bizarre situation, but he apparently had a group buy escrow still held as well (and possibly others). I can't speak on behalf of what logs theymos retains, but forums I've modded on before tend to keep a log of all IPs used, but that's irrelevant if he won't give them out and there might not be much you could do with them anyway.

Why wouldn't the forum owners help us get to the bottom of this? A scam has been committed by one of the admins.

I don't know. You'd have to ask them.