Fresh off from being banned a week from this forum for what was considered trolling. I guess trolling equals going on a diatribe (post after post after post, etc.) attacking one entity, namely AMT, of which, BTW, is doing exactly as I predicted prior to being banned - virtually nothing.
Weird, ain't it? A guy gets banned for bringing awareness to an entity ripping off millions of dollars.
But, at least I got to do some reading while on hiatus.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080117004139/http://radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2007/11/den_chads_world_marc_collins_rector_1.phpOne of the alleged victims was identified as Mike E. The slim, dark-haired 14-year-old, who attended a small private high school in the Valley, befriended Chad's brother Scott, who led him to DEN. Mike had an interest in acting, so when Collins-Rector outlined the possibilities for stardom offered by the site, the boy began spending time at the mansion, where there was one key rule. He recalls: "If you were going to sleep over, you had to get into either the pool or the hot tub—and you had to be naked to do so." In an exclusive interview, Mike E. confirms having been forced to engage in anal and oral intercourse with Collins-Rector, Shackley, and Pierce while under the influence of drugs that he claims were fed to him without his knowledge. At the same time, he says, Collins-Rector and Shackley were pushing him to become a legally emancipated minor. Although Ronald Palmieri, Collins-Rector's lawyer at the time, dismisses the allegations, saying, "There was never any such discussion that I know of," Radar has obtained correspondence sent by Shackley to Palmieri's law office requesting an update on the status of Mike E.'s emancipation filing.
Here's a story from the same source, but one had to be redacted due to a lawyer's request. Thankfully, The Way Back Machine archived the original. I suggest reading/comparing both to get the full picture.
Editor’s Note: At the request of Brock Pierce’s attorneys, this article has been edited to remove three passages summarizing portions of the now-sealed complaint. Although the complaint was filed June 11 and publicly available for more than three months before Pierce’s attorneys had it sealed, it was eventually sealed, and they have provided an order signed by the judge that establishes this.
http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/01/30/ige-pierce-debonneville-complaint/http://web.archive.org/web/20080202014535/http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/01/30/ige-pierce-debonneville-complaint/For those into not-so-light-reading, I suggest:
The Decline and Fall of an Ultra Rich Online Gaming EmpirePierce was 19 at the time and hardly the first young American male to step away from the sometimes painful light of reality for an extended, free-falling obsession with an online fantasy videogame. But it’s safe to say that the reality he was shrinking from in 2000 was not that of a typical teen. At 16, Pierce had retired from a career as a modestly successful Hollywood child actor; by 18 he was a dazzlingly successful dotcom entrepreneur, living large on a $250,000 executive salary and the promise of millions more in post-IPO equity. By his 19th birthday he had lost it all. Pierce’s high-profile startup had flamed out in a blaze of scandal that included accusations of sex with minors, and he and his cofounders had found it prudent to leave the US. He lived now in a rented house in a strange country, on the dwindling remains of a crash-ravaged stock portfolio.
All the above is on the heels of what was in the news yesterday:
Man accusing 'X-Men' director of sex abuse sues more Hollywood execsLuckily for those who love Bitcoin, like my self, names mentioned in the articles I linked above are trying to save our beloved Mt Gox:
U.S. investor says creditors support Mt. Gox buyoutAccording to three people close to the matter, Sunlot, which is led by bitcoin entrepreneur Brock Pierce and includes venture capitalists Matthew Roszak and William Quigley, has agreed to buy a 12% stake in Mt. Gox from founder Jed McCaleb, who sold the rest of the exchange to Chief Executive Mark Karpelès in 2011.
Unfortunately, I feel that 1 BTC is too small an offer, thus I propose we double it to 2 BTC. Yes, it's a lot of money, but I further propose we amass the funds via a Group Buy. I further propose that we put Mt Gox in reliable hands (below) and move it to some other city like Pattaya, whereupon the results would be the same, but at least we'll get more entertainment value outta the endeavor.
Meanwhile, anybody having funds in Bitcoin-Central/Paymium, I strongly advise moving them out (if that's even possible), for I'm about to unleash a shit storm on their camp due to me still not getting a resolve for my 1,132 BTC stolen while supposedly in good hands over at InstaWallet, of which is own by the same clan, one of which is a moderator on this very forum, namely davout a.k.a. David François.
Sadly, Gonzague Grandval not once commented during the entire InstaWallet episode in spite of him being an active member on the forum:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=56121.
Quite frankly, I'm done with fuckin' around, and I'm 100% positive that Paymium doesn't want ANY governing authorities looking into their books via a thorough audit, and I'm not talking about an audit like the principles of InstaWallet claimed to have performed after the supposed "hacked" over a year ago that they have yet to name who conducted said audit even after 100's of requests to provide said information.
To be clear, I'm talking about Bitcoin-Central conducting money laundering between the various entities under the Paymium umbrella. I'm pretty sure that ANY notable Bitcoiner involved in ANY capacity would not like their good name to be associated with Paymium when shit hits the fan, especially with Mt Gox and our friend (seriously, for I truly like the dude) Charlie Shrem still fresh on everybody's mind. Heaven forbid if Newsweek gets wind of the story. Remember, Bitcoin-Central is backed by a "bank".
~Bruno Kucinskas
