[ANN] Exchange - CoinGather

[Sharpblunt]

Whois Lookup Date: 06-07-14
Domain Name: RAPTA.NET
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Registrant Name: David Bushea
Registrant Organization:
Name Server: DNS2.CISP.COM
Name Server: DNS1.CISP.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned

David Bushea seens to be the owner of Coingather.com -

Person
David C Bushea, age 32
Locations
Toledo, OH
Maumee, OH

Thank You

Why did the original post from "heitorx" dissapear?

If this is his correct LinkedIn profile it could definitely be him, skills match the skills needed to run an exchange almost exactly. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-bushea-2bb0072

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[Specktroman]

 2905 Moffat Rd

https://[Suspicious link removed]/maps/BnQAWex5w8Q2

https://www.nationalvoterfile.com/OH0019747666-david-bushea-toledo-ohio

his father has the same name and work here company www.cisp.com . @rapta is David C. Boshea Jr.

[thiagoproducao]

I will be driving to this location once I have the address confirmed and I will be bringing Law Enforcement with me.

Take a look at your inbox...

[MOProgress]

So these guys just shut down and disappear with our fund right. Only God know the amount of Billion Dollar they have gone with. I have 30million sprout, 50,000BQ and 2LTC in there, now all are gone.

[coingatherhunt]

We found the possible owner of coingather and where its located (see other posts above).

We tried to talk to him in many ways (work, home, friends) to try and clear things out. But he is 'hiding' from us.

If anyone can go there and try to talk to him, it's the best option to get coingather back.

We already filled a report in local police too.

We have a pdf report with all the case and facts about the possible suspect.

[thiagoproducao]

IF you want coingather back, please!

1 - Fill a complaint.   http://ic3.gov/default.aspx
2- CALL o FBI de Cleveland: Phone: (216) 522-1400
3 - Fill a complaint: https://econsumer.gov

[coinriches]

Great job everyone. Pls let not relent in our admirable collective efforts to #SmokeOutRapta. So that our beloved crypto space can be free of thieving platforms.

[DraxCoin]

Posting so this thread doesn't die out.  I also lost over $1k on coingather.  I know the exchange was tiny which means public interest in the problem is minimal,  but this theft by the exchange sets a precedence for the whole industry. There needs to be accountability for those involved no matter the $$ amount.  Otherwise this will continue to happen with nobody caring.  If you have lost money from coingather, please fill out the complaint form others have posted and hope for justice in this matter.

[almightyruler]

May I play devil's advocate for a moment?

Has anyone considered that this is a one man operation, and rather than there being a conscious decision to disappear and rip people off, something has happened to him?

I did notice that the exchange came back up briefly, at least once, although it seems to be down again. Could it be that there's some technical problem which requires human intervention (eg run out of disk space) but there's no admin available to intervene?

Just putting it out there.

[DraxCoin]

May I play devil's advocate for a moment?

Has anyone considered that this is a one man operation, and rather than there being a conscious decision to disappear and rip people off, something has happened to him?

Thanks for posting this,  and yeah that's definitely a scenario because this small of an exchange could be run by one person.  When did the exchange come back online?  I didn't hear about it. Was anyone able top withdrawal their coins in the last week?

I did notice that the exchange came back up briefly, at least once, although it seems to be down again. Could it be that there's some technical problem which requires human intervention (eg run out of disk space) but there's no admin available to intervene?

Just putting it out there.

[pornluver]

We found the possible owner of coingather and where its located (see other posts above).

We tried to talk to him in many ways (work, home, friends) to try and clear things out. But he is 'hiding' from us.

If anyone can go there and try to talk to him, it's the best option to get coingather back.

We already filled a report in local police too.

We have a pdf report with all the case and facts about the possible suspect.

Where

[JungleOnion]

I lost around $400 dollars of value in coins there. I really don't know how this can be an exit scam considering they have been active since 2014, there's no reason to exit right now, specially with such low volume in the exchange, I'm not totally sure of how much money from users was lost. It would make sense to exit considering the pumped bitcoin is having, but from a larger exchange, not a small one such as coingather.

[IdoKrauss1]

for the last 2 months i was chasing them for some 22 ltc i sent a while back, they did not update my balance, and after sending several email on the subject i got the following strange message:
"INTERNAL
Wallet team - why has this ticket not been addressed?  Escalate this immediately.

Ticket: http..."

this leads me to think it was planed for at least 2 months, no one will see his money back, never trust small exchanges

[coinriches]

May I play devil's advocate for a moment?

Has anyone considered that this is a one man operation, and rather than there being a conscious decision to disappear and rip people off, something has happened to him?

I did notice that the exchange came back up briefly, at least once, although it seems to be down again. Could it be that there's some technical problem which requires human intervention (eg run out of disk space) but there's no admin available to intervene?

Just putting it out there.

There are other numerous honest businesses started from owner's guarages that graduates into huge successes. The number one rule is transparent honesty, not disappearing with a word to your customers. This is theft. Simple. And we can stop him. Let's stop him for the sake of our industry.

[newmitnick]

lets move guys you do well call FBI call CIA, even call the president of USA to restore our lost funds and catch thiefs !!.

[almightyruler]

May I play devil's advocate for a moment?

Has anyone considered that this is a one man operation, and rather than there being a conscious decision to disappear and rip people off, something has happened to him?

I did notice that the exchange came back up briefly, at least once, although it seems to be down again. Could it be that there's some technical problem which requires human intervention (eg run out of disk space) but there's no admin available to intervene?

Just putting it out there.

There are other numerous honest businesses started from owner's guarages that graduates into huge successes. The number one rule is transparent honesty, not disappearing with a word to your customers. This is theft. Simple. And we can stop him. Let's stop him for the sake of our industry.

How can you be transparently honest if you get hit by a bus and end up comatose in a hospital bed? That was my point.

[coinriches]

May I play devil's advocate for a moment?

Has anyone considered that this is a one man operation, and rather than there being a conscious decision to disappear and rip people off, something has happened to him?

I did notice that the exchange came back up briefly, at least once, although it seems to be down again. Could it be that there's some technical problem which requires human intervention (eg run out of disk space) but there's no admin available to intervene?

Just putting it out there.

There are other numerous honest businesses started from owner's guarages that graduates into huge successes. The number one rule is transparent honesty, not disappearing with a word to your customers. This is theft. Simple. And we can stop him. Let's stop him for the sake of our industry.

How can you be transparently honest if you get hit by a bus and end up comatose in a hospital bed? That was my point.

I prefare to get that report from FBI's investigation than to sit still on some baseless assumptions.
Let's #SmokeOutRapta

[almightyruler]

May I play devil's advocate for a moment?

Has anyone considered that this is a one man operation, and rather than there being a conscious decision to disappear and rip people off, something has happened to him?

I did notice that the exchange came back up briefly, at least once, although it seems to be down again. Could it be that there's some technical problem which requires human intervention (eg run out of disk space) but there's no admin available to intervene?

Just putting it out there.

There are other numerous honest businesses started from owner's guarages that graduates into huge successes. The number one rule is transparent honesty, not disappearing with a word to your customers. This is theft. Simple. And we can stop him. Let's stop him for the sake of our industry.

How can you be transparently honest if you get hit by a bus and end up comatose in a hospital bed? That was my point.

I prefare to get that report from FBI's investigation than to sit still on some baseless assumptions.
Let's #SmokeOutRapta

Fair enough. I admit this industry doesn't have the best track record when it comes to exchanges, online wallets, and other third party services. I think initial inquiries with relevant authorities are a certainly good idea, but not so sure that publicly doxxing the guy (see earlier posts in this thread) is appropriate.

There was one slightly odd thing that happened to me recently. I pointed out that for my last two withdrawals I was charged a 0.0012 BTC fee but the actual network transaction only paid 0.0002712 (about one fifth of what I was charged). I subsequently suggested coingather should refund the difference to all affected clients because it was effectively pure profit. The response was "We will consider that - that's a bit of a stretch to say pure profit.  You probably do not realize the costs involved in running a site like ours." That's a bit like calling out a store for a card surcharge of 10%, and then they justify it by saying the rent isn't cheap......

That was nearly 2 months ago and haven't heard anything (or seen any credit) since.

[almightyruler]

Anyone have any old records that may show the true IP of coingather.com? (It's hidden because cloudflare is in front of it).

I looked up some historical records from 2014, but it seems it was already on cloudflare by then.

[banananoodles]

Anyone have any old records that may show the true IP of coingather.com? (It's hidden because cloudflare is in front of it).

I looked up some historical records from 2014, but it seems it was already on cloudflare by then.

This was allready posted before. The true IP is 72.52.151.45
Why are posts disappearing all the time??