The claims of reporting on Og weren't in response to any forum funds, and I may be messing up my timelines here but I don't believe it put the forum funds at risk.
If the IRS actually opened a criminal case against him it would not be unusual for them to freeze or confiscate until further notice any and all of his accounts and assets he is/was in control of, including the forums BTC, pending investigation..
It would also bring a lot of heat onto the forum.. The IRS being after the forums treasurer for tax fraud? Get ready for that colonoscopy theymos..
Maybe they could find something to get Theymos for too while they are at it, that would really suck right? Are you sure that theymos and the whole forum is financially 100% squeaky clean? Or is that a risk your just wiling to toss into the hands of the IRS?
And yes, it happened before the new multisig escrow deal, while OG was still holding that entire very large balance..
Also as I posted before, this kind of thing is what makes no-knock raids happen, where they come kick down your door and immediately shoot your dogs, and often shoot you, especially if you were legitimately planning on defending yourself because say, someone posted your address and information about the value therein giving criminals the perfect target..
Getting a no-knock while expecting robbers is the perfect way to get killed by cops..
People have gone free, miraculously surviving the situation at all, after having shot and killed police in a no-knock, because they don't announce themselves, so it has been deemed a clean shoot by the court.. They just come in with guns like its Iraq..
What would have happened to the forum funds OG was holding if he got killed in a no-knock or killed by some burglar coming after that loot? Possibly gone forever..
How about some Civil Forfeiture facts while we are at it..
"Civil forfeiture in the United States, also called civil asset forfeiture or civil judicial forfeiture[1] or occasionally civil seizure, is a criminal justice financial obligation.
It is a legal process in which law enforcement officers take assets from persons suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing. While civil procedure, as opposed to criminal procedure, generally involves a dispute between two private citizens, civil forfeiture involves a dispute between law enforcement and property
such as a pile of cash or a house or a boat, such that the thing is
suspected of being involved in a crime."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_StatesTheir is another possibility how it could have been a huge risk to the forum's funds.. It's take first and ask questions later..
Imagine BTCT suing the government for years trying to get their funds back after it was taken in a Civil Forfeiture..
Governments, including the US government, are very dangerous in many ways..
I was sorry when I posted OG's known address on this forum, but no one cares.
Not only did he put OGNasty, and the forums funds, at risk to the IRS, he also put them at risk to any thug looking for a high value target to steal..
People get shot dead, tortured, kidnapped etc. over that kind of money all the time and Vod laid the exact location of a very big score out for them on a silver platter..
Refresh my memory, didn't he even hint at something like "I hope nobody breaks in".. ??
It would be cool if someone could post a screen shot or archive of that dox post so I know I have my facts straight - feel free to redact the dox part obviously..
Whose side are you on? Bitcoins side? Or some stupid governments side?
Doesn't have to be one or the other.
Satoshi created Bitcoin for the purpose of giving governments the middle finger..
Reporting scammers helps bitcoin gain legitimacy
Reporting the treasurer of Satoshi's Bitcoin forum to the IRS helps Bitcoin gain legitimacy?
Headline: "Original Bitcoin Forum Management Implicated In Tax Fraud"
That'll be some good press..
It boggles my mind as to why so many fine users here care about these petty side squabbles while they are IMO completely overshadowed by this whole IRS situation..
Maybe I am the only one who thinks the IRS situation is a big deal but I think it is a very big deal..
I am still trying to find out for sure weather he actually did make a report to the IRS, or if he just said that he did and actually didn't...
Can anyone clear that up for me as well? I think only Vod knows..
I already explained what a huge liability allowing Vod to remain around here is to Theymos and the forum, but he seems to think it is not a problem. One day he is going to lose his shit again, go way too far, and drag this whole forum into his mental disorder in a very real way.
Half the people here attacking OG are probably the same person.
From what I'm gather in this thread it's a long convoluted story that I'm not sure I'll fully understand lmao
That's Vod's MO, slide the topic with so much bullshit that no one is willing to spend the time shoveling through it to find out how full of shit he actually is.
