Anyone know what happened to knightmb and his 371,000 BTC? - page 7.

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Quote from: cedivad on November 11, 2012, 06:53:58 AM

I do not understand what is going on.
Could someone please doing a summary of this thing?

US government thinks knightmb might be the guy who send the ransom note to romney/his tax company.

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http://mbdonationfund.com/images/documents/search_warrant.pdf

> "use of the screen name KnightMB"
that of course is highly illegal!

Is knightMB poor or still rich? If he really tried to blackmail Romney maybe it is true and he gave away all his coins.

If they only hit him because he was running an exit node this is bad news.

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Quote from: tarrant_01 on November 11, 2012, 07:32:30 AM

Did anyone notice the messages on the wallet addresses?

http://blockchain.info/address/1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW8XVsE8
The September 7th, 2012 receiving amounts reveal: "gnp.Kz5HB/moc.rugmi.i//:ptth"
Reversed gives the url: http://i.imgur.com/BH5zK.png
When scanned leads to: http://www.sendspace.com/file/m6crjs which leads to a file that has been deleted.

The September 9th, 2012 receiving amounts reveal: "tqvbn/oc.x//:ptth"
Reversed gives the url: http://x.co/nbvqt which just redirects to GoDaddy.com

x.co is a domain shortener. It was probably directing to a honeypot attempting to log people accessing that URL. Remember, these are payments sent to the extortioner's address.

I think the search warrant that states really ignorant stuff like they are kicking in the door looking for pastebins shows it is just as likely he was operating a TOR exit node and somebody government crank got his IP address instead of realizing that they will not find the anonymous perpetrator.

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Did anyone notice the messages on the wallet addresses?

http://blockchain.info/address/1HeF89wMjC48bWNgWvVo7Wu3RaLW8XVsE8
The September 7th, 2012 receiving amounts reveal: "gnp.Kz5HB/moc.rugmi.i//:ptth"
Reversed gives the url: http://i.imgur.com/BH5zK.png
When scanned leads to: http://www.sendspace.com/file/m6crjs which leads to a file that has been deleted.

The September 9th, 2012 receiving amounts reveal: "tqvbn/oc.x//:ptth"
Reversed gives the url: http://x.co/nbvqt which just redirects to GoDaddy.com
Even "fixing" the url to be http://x.com/nbvqt leads to a page not found.

http://blockchain.info/address/12AP6iCwRNFQqKLStH3A4b4hw3SL6RaNgB
The September 5th, 2012 receiving amounts simply reveal the message "prove it".

molecular

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Quote from: cedivad on November 11, 2012, 06:53:58 AM

I do not understand what is going on.
Could someone please doing a summary of this thing?

cedivad

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I do not understand what is going on.
Could someone please doing a summary of this thing?

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Quote from: smoothie on November 11, 2012, 05:32:42 AM

Quote from: molecular on November 11, 2012, 02:42:01 AM

hehe, "court order: confiscate the blockchain"

Did I miss that part? Where is it?

http://mbdonationfund.com/images/documents/search_warrant.pdf

Page 6, (Attachment B, 1. n.)

Edit: Sorry, I didn't spot the irony - but I'll leave my response here for anyone who had missed the bit about the warrant actually specifying Bitcoin addresses (possibly a first).

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Quote from: molecular on November 11, 2012, 02:42:01 AM

Quote from: Shotgun_WooWoo on November 11, 2012, 12:24:15 AM

This is ridiculous. I just made a thread about the security of BTC. I know the government is going to do something about this...I just wonder what. They are viewing this board and pinging every single person's IP address, I'm sure of it.

Either way, if they link this person's actions with BTC they should be aware that it is still alive and strong, very strong. It would be a hard task to shut down a crypto currency that generates it's own value according to a blockchain. Especially when there are homeless people on the street begging for USD...Hmm. I smell something bad, something is not being handled correctly.

oh god, the governments are pinging us. SELL!

hehe, "court order: confiscate the blockchain"

Did I miss that part? Where is it?

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Quote from: Bitcoin Oz on November 10, 2012, 11:31:10 PM

So not only did he send a ransom letter to a presidential candidate he also donated a heap of bitcoins to an "enemy of the state" ...no wonder they kicked his door in.

I think people are forgetting the real reason why they went after him. HE SENT A RANSOM LETTER TO A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

Bitcoin is just going to get swept up in the middle of this by association, but the crime was old fashion Blackmail.

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Quote from: Shotgun_WooWoo on November 10, 2012, 10:46:11 PM

...... looks like the next block chain should be dedicated to finding out just what happened to this fellow.

How would that work, exactly? Are you proposing a fork or an altcoin here? How would that help track someone down?

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Quote from: Shotgun_WooWoo on November 11, 2012, 12:24:15 AM

This is ridiculous. I just made a thread about the security of BTC. I know the government is going to do something about this...I just wonder what. They are viewing this board and pinging every single person's IP address, I'm sure of it.

Either way, if they link this person's actions with BTC they should be aware that it is still alive and strong, very strong. It would be a hard task to shut down a crypto currency that generates it's own value according to a blockchain. Especially when there are homeless people on the street begging for USD...Hmm. I smell something bad, something is not being handled correctly.

oh god, the governments are pinging us. SELL!

hehe, "court order: confiscate the blockchain"

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Quote from: Bitcoin Oz on November 10, 2012, 11:31:10 PM

So not only did he send a ransom letter to a presidential candidate he also donated a heap of bitcoins to an "enemy of the state" ...no wonder they kicked his door in.

He says he made "large" donations to Wikileaks but that's a claim I'd take with a grain of salt.

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This is ridiculous. I just made a thread about the security of BTC. I know the government is going to do something about this...I just wonder what. They are viewing this board and pinging every single person's IP address, I'm sure of it.

Either way, if they link this person's actions with BTC they should be aware that it is still alive and strong, very strong. It would be a hard task to shut down a crypto currency that generates it's own value according to a blockchain. Especially when there are homeless people on the street begging for USD...Hmm. I smell something bad, something is not being handled correctly.

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Wat

So not only did he send a ransom letter to a presidential candidate he also donated a heap of bitcoins to an "enemy of the state" ...no wonder they kicked his door in.

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Quote from: Shotgun_WooWoo on November 10, 2012, 10:46:11 PM

I kind of just read the first few posts in this thread. But I figure something foul is afoot if he is still missing. $100000 doesn't usually just go missing, looks like the next block chain should be dedicated to finding out just what happened to this fellow.

We know what happened to him. He's far from "missing".

He's begging for donations because the SS is investigating him for the Romney tax return ransom attempt.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/cats-lead-feds-to-knightmb-worth-371kbtc-in-romney-tax-hack-123591

And really, he last posted in June and his last activity on the board was on 4 October - there was no reason to be think that "something foul" was afoot. It's always a good idea to read the last page of an old thread before commenting on its first few posts.

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I kind of just read the first few posts in this thread. But I figure something foul is afoot if he is still missing. $100000 doesn't usually just go missing, looks like the next block chain should be dedicated to finding out just what happened to this fellow.

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Quote from: elux on November 10, 2012, 04:57:49 AM

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Anyone know what happened to knightmb and his 371,000 BTC?

Current status: Seized/confiscated/stolen by the US Secret Service? [1]

[2] http://mbdonationfund.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=57
[3] http://mbdonationfund.com/images/documents/search_warrant.pdf

So knightMB is the sender of the Romney extortion hoax?! what the hell?!

He says the cats pictured are not his, but a client's. Then he days someone else went through his trash and got the usb drives Roll Eyes

He should have securely deleted/purged that USB!! lol

http://www.thedaily.com/article/2012/11/09/110912-news-romney-tax-raid/

Why should we donate to a guy with 371k BTC?!

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Quote from: Kluge on November 10, 2012, 06:24:00 AM

Quote from: Beacon on May 16, 2011, 01:34:51 PM

Quote from: knightmb on May 05, 2011, 08:40:00 AM

Good news for me anyway Tongue

, they sold me the project for $5k to recover some of their cost. I now technically own the wallet files and other software I was working on with them at the time. For legal reasons I can't blurt out who the investors were or the banks, companies, etc. they were representing basically (unless I won't to land in court forever), but I think I made a wise investment. It's still going to take a while to get my wife on board as she still doesn't understand the whole BTC concept, but everyone here knows and I know what it means. She was really skeptical about my purchase this week.

I'll probably take some of the backup advise here too, why have a few backup copies when you can have many on different media types spread around everywhere (all encrypted of course this time).

Thanks for the advise everyone!

Michael Brown (knightmb), you have not told the full story here, and this is not the first time you have screwed an employer. If you do not do the right thing now, this will come back to haunt you.

You are also in over your head. Has it occurred to you that you owe $850,000 of federal income tax on this "deal"? Fortunately for you, we do not have state tax in Tennessee, but you will still owe business taxes, and you haven't even applied for the right licenses.

You have one chance to do the right thing here. You know what it is.

This should be fascinating. Quote's from 2011.

Another interesting quote from MBDonationFund.com:
"I am a self-employed wireless Internet service provider and web hosting/designed in Franklin, TN barely scratching out a living for my young family."

Thread from Endless-sphere forum when people found out about him acquiring the BTC for $5,000.

http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30632&sid=bc2ba1be6bb99fef8c9941ef67f4b5b3

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Quote from: Beacon on May 16, 2011, 01:34:51 PM

Quote from: knightmb on May 05, 2011, 08:40:00 AM

Good news for me anyway Tongue

, they sold me the project for $5k to recover some of their cost. I now technically own the wallet files and other software I was working on with them at the time. For legal reasons I can't blurt out who the investors were or the banks, companies, etc. they were representing basically (unless I won't to land in court forever), but I think I made a wise investment. It's still going to take a while to get my wife on board as she still doesn't understand the whole BTC concept, but everyone here knows and I know what it means. She was really skeptical about my purchase this week.

I'll probably take some of the backup advise here too, why have a few backup copies when you can have many on different media types spread around everywhere (all encrypted of course this time).

Thanks for the advise everyone!

Michael Brown (knightmb), you have not told the full story here, and this is not the first time you have screwed an employer. If you do not do the right thing now, this will come back to haunt you.

You are also in over your head. Has it occurred to you that you owe $850,000 of federal income tax on this "deal"? Fortunately for you, we do not have state tax in Tennessee, but you will still owe business taxes, and you haven't even applied for the right licenses.

You have one chance to do the right thing here. You know what it is.

This should be fascinating. Quote's from 2011.

Another interesting quote from MBDonationFund.com:
"I am a self-employed wireless Internet service provider and web hosting/designed in Franklin, TN barely scratching out a living for my young family."

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I hope his wallets are encrypted or stored on encrypted volumes and he has encrypted off-site backups.

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Anyone know what happened to knightmb and his 371,000 BTC?

Current status: Seized/confiscated/stolen by the US Secret Service? [1]

[2] http://mbdonationfund.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=57
[3] http://mbdonationfund.com/images/documents/search_warrant.pdf

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