Moderator bribed to delete scam accusations against Winna

[Alone055]

Good questions. I can't imagine a business sending a direct message to a random staff member for their shady dealings. That's a huge risk.

Imagine, you are operating a casino, you got so many complaints, you want to make them go away. Suddenly, you come up with a bright idea. Bribe a forum mod and he makes em go away.

Nice.

Now which mod?

What if you talk to the wrong mod? Boom you just stepped on a land mine.

That makes me think, the corruption might be deeper than what we see.

Might not be very obvious, but don't all the points you mentioned actually make it sound logical to say that the mod had probably reached out to the casino himself with the offer? And since the casino could see how things were getting out of hand, they accepted the offer. Of course, the medium of communication can't be forum PMs, so something else must have been decided for it.

[OgNasty]

LoyceV mentions he withdrew negative feedback on Winna nine months ago after seeing legal threats, and decided the risk wasn’t worth it.

I guess he only supports this sort of action against others.

[cronosone]

Winna.com is operated by a Costa Rican company with a licence issued by Tobique, but it appears that the operation is actually run through a Berlin-based company called Over99:

https://over99.com/

You can see that several notable figures associated with Winna work there. For example, “Paul” appears to actually be Noah Fischer:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahfi/

Or “Drunk”, also known as Christian Diurhuus Røpke:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-diurhuus-r%C3%B8pke-894656345/

I have gathered further information identifying the people and companies allegedly involved, addresses, phone numbers from them and their families, etc... and I will provide it to the relevant authorities.

I am also fairly sure that Bennet works there, and I am looking into that now.

Since they appear to be operating from Berlin rather than Costa Rica, I believe that everyone who has allegedly been scammed by them, including me, should be aware of this and stop wasting time dealing exclusively with the Costa Rican company or the Tobique Gaming Commission.

Criminal complaints will be filed soon. If you believe you have also been scammed by them and you are based in Europe, please contact me here or on Telegram: @cronosone.

The people involved should understand that victims are now identifying the real structure behind this operation, gathering evidence and preparing to take coordinated legal action.

Thanks in advance.

More info, https://onnoplus.de/ is also owned by Noah Fischer aka Paul (the Winna CEO). Ironically is a bad reviews removal company  Roll Eyes so they know how to bribe people to remove their bad reputation on the internet

Noah Fischer, Bennett Becker, Dominic Jamil, those are the names of the people running Winna from Berlin. Dominic already owned another casino in past based in Curaçao Heybets.io. https://web.archive.org/web/20260605182049/https://www.curacaochronicle.com/post/unknown/curacao-court-orders-online-casino-to-repay-gambling-losses-after-ignoring-addiction-warning-signs

Of course, this company resulted in a rug/exit scam. Exactly same as Winna will do. You can find several threads about Heybets in this same forum.

You can see all relation https://www.northdata.com/Jamil,%20Dominic%20Karim,%20Berlin/3e7

If you check for the company info in Google, you will be able to see a photo of Paul (Noah Fischer) and Dominic. Also, an address (Lietzenburger Str. 77, 10719 Berlin), which is probably from they run all their network (OnnoPlus, Over99 and, secretely, Winna).

If you have more info or has been scammed, contact me at @cronosone (Telegram)

Now, can you guys imagine how much Trustpilot and similar websites are making just by removing the bad comments from business pages? Of course, those businesses have corrupt employees who might be taking bribes to remove bad reviews. We have heard people saying that their reviews were removed by Trustpilot. We often see that Trustpilot itself admits that they have removed some feedback because they think it is fake. LOL.

Funny thing, they run a company based in that. Removing bad reviews lol

[goldkingcoiner]

Wow that sucks. Bitcoin might not need trust but this forum does.

A mod that makes forum users into scam victims? That is hard to take in.

I wonder how much money people lost over this? I suspect this act is of criminal nature and can absolutely be reported to the police. Although having said that, I am not an expert on the law, so that was not actual legal advice or anything.

I hope the traitor gets what he deserves.

[Unknown01]

I've read everything now, and I think it's terrible! But since a few colleagues here have also said that trust in the administration and moderators will decline: I don't believe that! Just because one person acts improperly doesn't mean the others are the same. I've been on this forum for several years now and have never experienced anything negative from the staff.

Ultimately, everyone here is just human and no one can control what someone else does.

[logfiles]

What an absurd turn of events

Just seen a few threads that have been bumped, and I can't help it but think, What if those so-called "resolved" cases were also an act of bribery? I mean by the time Winna stooped so low to an extent of bribing a moderator, nothing else is impossible. The owners are just a bunch of shameless crooks.

Look at this guy for example. Why would he talk about a bribe, yet now one said anything about it?

Hey everyone,
I wanted to post a quick follow-up to explain why I decided to remove the original thread I made about Winna.

To be clear: I was never offered a bribe — and I would never accept one. The reason I created the thread in the first place was because I felt ignored, sidetracked, and frustrated with what I saw as a lack of transparency. It wasn’t about a personal grudge — it was about how certain things were being handled at the time.

For full context: I’ve personally wagered over $1 million USD on the platform and have never had any direct issues — no withdrawal delays, no blocked access, and no payment problems. So my post wasn’t coming from a place of personal loss or anger — it was about broader concerns related to the platform’s transparency, conduct, and how they respond to criticism.

I actually edited the thread just a day after posting it, once I had a chance to step back and reflect. The post was written in the heat of the moment, and I can admit that some of the language may have come across more emotionally charged than intended.

Afterward, they told me I was free to say whatever I wanted — post as much as I liked — and that they would still honor my affiliate deal. I didn’t remove the thread because of that, but the tone of their response — whether sincere or strategic — gave me space to reflect. I saw an opportunity to step back, lower the temperature, and refocus on what actually matters: transparency, accountability, and how they treat their partners.

Original post: https://bitlist.co/post/65544013/versions

[cronosone]

What an absurd turn of events

Just seen a few threads that have been bumped, and I can't help it but think, What if those so-called "resolved" cases were also an act of bribery? I mean by the time Winna stooped so low to an extent of bribing a moderator, nothing else is impossible. The owners are just a bunch of shameless crooks.

Look at this guy for example. Why would he talk about a bribe, yet now one said anything about it?

Hey everyone,
I wanted to post a quick follow-up to explain why I decided to remove the original thread I made about Winna.

To be clear: I was never offered a bribe — and I would never accept one. The reason I created the thread in the first place was because I felt ignored, sidetracked, and frustrated with what I saw as a lack of transparency. It wasn’t about a personal grudge — it was about how certain things were being handled at the time.

For full context: I’ve personally wagered over $1 million USD on the platform and have never had any direct issues — no withdrawal delays, no blocked access, and no payment problems. So my post wasn’t coming from a place of personal loss or anger — it was about broader concerns related to the platform’s transparency, conduct, and how they respond to criticism.

I actually edited the thread just a day after posting it, once I had a chance to step back and reflect. The post was written in the heat of the moment, and I can admit that some of the language may have come across more emotionally charged than intended.

Afterward, they told me I was free to say whatever I wanted — post as much as I liked — and that they would still honor my affiliate deal. I didn’t remove the thread because of that, but the tone of their response — whether sincere or strategic — gave me space to reflect. I saw an opportunity to step back, lower the temperature, and refocus on what actually matters: transparency, accountability, and how they treat their partners.

Original post: https://bitlist.co/post/65544013/versions

also, the facts he wrote in that thread are true. Heybets is operated by Noah Fischer (Paul), Bennett Becker (Bennett) and Dominic Karim Jamil, same as Winna (and Over99). The last one is probably not appearing officially in Winna because his previous vinculation with Heybets.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260605182049/https://www.curacaochronicle.com/post/unknown/curacao-court-orders-online-casino-to-repay-gambling-losses-after-ignoring-addiction-warning-signs

You can see all relation https://www.northdata.com/Jamil,%20Dominic%20Karim,%20Berlin/3e7

[un_rank]

Here is a reminder to not trust any sort of reviews you see. If someone can find a loophole in the forum system which relies a lot on consensus model, how easy will it be to fake the data on review sites that are in it only for a profit?

Do your research and build your trust in any brand after trying them out with very linited amounts. Never trust fully to as it all takes a rouge stafff or change in management policies for you to be on the losing end.

- Jay -

[Cointxz]

If you didn't volunteer, who contacted you? Was there someone who acted as a go-between?

With these questions, I don't want to accuse anyone; I'm simply reflecting on how we got here.

This moderator was involved too on different scam casino Betmanor so I believe either Sapta is the one contacting the casino or they have other contact person involved since Sapta has some connection with some casino for him to give a vouch.

You can check the feedback made by @Hhampuz on Roycilik regarding the scam he experienced.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=trust;u=1051955

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

This moderator was involved too on different scam casino Betmanor so I believe either Sapta is the one contacting the casino or they have other contact person involved since Sapta has some connection with some casino for him to give a vouch.

Betmanor was a scam casino a long time but recent months there was another scam casino Betmoco. Kavelj22 mentioned about something similar between Betmoco and Betmanor and there are some posts from other forum members.

Nobody actually dig deeply to find connections between Betmoco and Betmanor, what shared are only something on the tip like marketing style, writing style, trolling style for example.

Just today I discovered the updates with betmoco. The case reminds me about a similar case happened since few months called betmanor. I guess many of you guys remember this casino and how he had started promotion with a huge welcome bonus with a very small wager requirement, which was the main reason why few people join the casino and made deposits. Later the representative tried to give promises that he will fix all disputes as a try to clean hos trust page but never solved a single case.

🔥 BetManor.com | NEW Crypto Casino | 🎁 100% Bonus (10x) | 🏆 VIP From Day 1 |

100% certain the same person behind the Betmanor scam. Same writing style with parts of text in bold, same timeline of disappearing after a couple weeks, same bullshit updates, same strategy of only communicating via Telegram and same bullshit about "bonus abuse" for an everlasting "pause" in processing withdrawals.

Affirming the association with Betmanor would also help... this might be able to be done through domain research or address tracing.

If anyone made deposits to both Betmoco and Betmanor for the same coin and you don't mind sharing info with me, PM me the addresses you sent coins to and I'll see what I can find.

[ABCbits]

A now-removed moderator was mass-deleting Winna scam accusations, starting around April. These threads were deleted, but they are now all restored:
--snip--

There was also one scam accusation for gamdom.com that he removed.

Someone should make request to archive those thread to archive.org and archive.today. At very least, it will annoy whoever bribed this former moderator.

Those threads now also exist on archive.org. I unable to use archive.today, since they use google recaptcha that ask me to scan QR code with their mobile app.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260724071316/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5552844.0;all
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724071416/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5560973.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724071659/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5564518.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724072501/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5564449.0;all
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724072850/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5578267.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724073132/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5560841.0;all
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724073212/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5563216.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724073306/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5560692.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724073401/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5559158.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724073447/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5556286.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724073528/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5573314.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724073640/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5579411.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724073730/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5568456.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724073822/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5583371.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724074352/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5580783.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724074518/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5577325.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724074604/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5554571.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724074646/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5545779.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724074724/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5582037.0
https://web.archive.org/web/20260724074823/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5563042.0

Whoever bribed this moderator learned Streisand effect the hard way.

[LoyceV]

What if those so-called "resolved" cases were also an act of bribery?

Instead of paying $80k, they paid $5k and the title of the scam accusation was changed to "Resolved":

They probably let him sign something to waive his rights to the 80k of winnings.

That sounds like extortion to me.

it's both extortion and coercion imo.
they strong armed him to either take the $5k or get nothing leaving him with no choice but to accept, especially since they have his KYC, who knows what they could do with it.

[notocactus]

@notocactus your thread should be up to date by now; https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5206428.msg53245387#msg53245387

When I made a last post here, sapta did not lose his moderator role.

Updated.

[cronosone]

https://x.com/pimpquinsnoop/status/2080581379587248238

This X user is publishing noteworthy information, which I can verify as accurate and have previously disclosed here. Furthermore, please find attached a video displaying the Winna headquarters. The blue Winna neon sign, which was also featured on the X profile of 'Paul' (Noah Fischer), is visible in several frames.

I possess complete personal data—including legal names, residential addresses, and telephone numbers—for these individuals, other collaborators such as Drunk, and their relatives. Anyone requiring this information may contact me on Telegram at @cronosone.

[Mahiyammahi]

If this keeps happening, who can we trust?

There's no reason to trust any mod by default and just because of his position.

Having said that, this is not a common thing on bitcointalk, mod getting removed from his position due bribery.

Even though there is no reason to belive a mod by default but reputation matter's. If a persons builts a good reputation towards all the forum members and suddenly abusing his/her reputation on forum this would be serious problem. Although in this forum freedom of speech is prevails still a newbie or lower ranks member would always be under control by these people.

I think this has seriously  raised a concern about reputation and forum stuff.

[joker_josue]

I think this has seriously  raised a concern about reputation and forum stuff.

Just because there's one corrupt police officer doesn't mean the entire police station becomes corrupt.

Therefore, what this case shows is that whoever goes down that path will be quickly caught. This demonstrates how reliable the forum system is.

The case was discovered at the end of 3/4 months, which is actually a very short time for this type of situation.
This serves as a warning to all those who would try to take advantage of your position. You will be caught!

For me, this increases trust in the forum, not the opposite.

[dkbit98]

With great power comes great responsibility!
It sucks to see moderator doing stuff like this, and removing scam accusation was insane move from him.
I don't know what was he thinking, especially knowing that everything is saved and archived in forum this days.
There was a time few years ago when I would apply for moderator job to theymos, but I am not sure I would do it today, except maybe moderator for local Croatian board.

[Lida93]

- I'm disappointed that it took 3 months before this was noticed.

It's better late than never discovered. This only strengthen the community confidence in you that you're dependable and watchful on what goes on in the forum.

... I fear it will lower peoples trust in the staff. :/

It wouldn't for me  and it also shouldn't for any other forum members as well. There will always be a Judas among 12, so It's immature and disrespectful to raise a generalisation on a full family just due to a one family member's personal unethical behaviour.

At least the bad egg was discovered and picked out, and logically, this alone should rather increase confidence on the forum hierarchy instead.