Topic: Butterfly Labs (BFL) raided today by U.S. Marshalls 9/19/14 - page 5. (Read 20404 times)
this had to happen long time ago
Why was this moved to service discussions?
this is how I feel now about BFL going under
after the classic 2 hour shout box fight with josh last summer (my proudest moment) and getting banned ..I was so p/o'd that I
bought a KNC 550gh Jupiter (50 coin so far) and then BFL refunded me on my deluded 65mm upgrade to a monarchs in june ($8.5k)
SO as a result I basically cleaned up from you being such a bunch of as*w*pes....
he who laughs last and all that...schmucks ....
have a good time in prison ....
So far there hasn't been a single link to a government website containing a press release about any "raids".
Every "report" posted here and on reddit has been carefully crafted to sound plausible and informed. It could very well be that this is nothing but a FUD campaign and that absolutely nothing actually happened. (i.e. you've all been played)
Has anyone actually bothered going to BFL's offices in KC to check things out?
*sound of crickets*
Didn't think so.
Every "report" posted here and on reddit has been carefully crafted to sound plausible and informed. It could very well be that this is nothing but a FUD campaign and that absolutely nothing actually happened. (i.e. you've all been played)
Has anyone actually bothered going to BFL's offices in KC to check things out?
*sound of crickets*
Didn't think so.
At least three people are on record on this forum stating that they did indeed check it out, verifying the claim. Again, if it were not true, don't you think that Bruce or Josh would be here sticking it up our asses for spreading false rumors? They have not going on four days now since this past Friday, ergo a major event occurred at Camp BFL, and chickens are not being fed due their owner being in jail in an opposite ward where Sonny Vleisides is also currently being held. Josh is playing the Schultz card...
Posting under a screen name on a public message board is hardly "going on record".
Pics or it didn't happen. Let's see some timestamped, geotagged selfies at BFL HQ.
The MSM and the FTC are saying it now. Acceptable enough for you mate or is it all still rumours as far as your concerned?
Id feel like a real dick about now if i had taken such a combative attitude on the issue.
So far there hasn't been a single link to a government website containing a press release about any "raids".
Every "report" posted here and on reddit has been carefully crafted to sound plausible and informed. It could very well be that this is nothing but a FUD campaign and that absolutely nothing actually happened. (i.e. you've all been played)
Has anyone actually bothered going to BFL's offices in KC to check things out?
*sound of crickets*
Didn't think so.
Every "report" posted here and on reddit has been carefully crafted to sound plausible and informed. It could very well be that this is nothing but a FUD campaign and that absolutely nothing actually happened. (i.e. you've all been played)
Has anyone actually bothered going to BFL's offices in KC to check things out?
*sound of crickets*
Didn't think so.
At least three people are on record on this forum stating that they did indeed check it out, verifying the claim. Again, if it were not true, don't you think that Bruce or Josh would be here sticking it up our asses for spreading false rumors? They have not going on four days now since this past Friday, ergo a major event occurred at Camp BFL, and chickens are not being fed due their owner being in jail in an opposite ward where Sonny Vleisides is also currently being held. Josh is playing the Schultz card...
Posting under a screen name on a public message board is hardly "going on record".
Pics or it didn't happen. Let's see some timestamped, geotagged selfies at BFL HQ.
The MSM and the FTC are saying it now. Acceptable enough for you mate or is it all still rumours as far as your concerned?
Id feel like a real dick about now if i had taken such a combative attitude on the issue.
I'm just glad I got my two Monarchs and refund. The 2nd Monarch was delivered last week and I received the refund the same day the 2nd unit was shipped. Now I don't care if they fall off the face of the earth.
Good riddance!
Good riddance!
Well I understand those monarchs are prone to failure so you may not be done being upset with BFL just yet.
And I'm certainly not going to earn back my original investment. But I'm still happy to wash my hands of that stench. I just hope the other ASIC manufacturers are paying attention. If there's any justice in the world, the Swedish equivalent of the FTC is making plans to raid KNC as I type this.
I'm just glad I got my two Monarchs and refund. The 2nd Monarch was delivered last week and I received the refund the same day the 2nd unit was shipped. Now I don't care if they fall off the face of the earth.
Good riddance!
Good riddance!
Well I understand those monarchs are prone to failure so you may not be done being upset with BFL just yet.
Wow finally... they must've received lots of complaints in the last 2 years 
This is Darla Jo Drake's (Jody) personal website.
http://www.awakeningworld.com/HomeAssistant/resume.html
SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sooo freakin happy!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2014/09/ftcs-request-court-halts-bogus-bitcoin-mining-operation
I'm sooo freakin happy!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2014/09/ftcs-request-court-halts-bogus-bitcoin-mining-operation
Here is a Washington Post article on the raid.
Good riddance, BFL!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/23/this-is-the-ftcs-first-ever-bitcoin-case-and-its-winning/
Good riddance, BFL!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/09/23/this-is-the-ftcs-first-ever-bitcoin-case-and-its-winning/
http://www.coindesk.com/us-government-shuts-embattled-mining-firm-butterfly-labs/
Doc: http://www.scribd.com/doc/240695413
Doc: http://www.scribd.com/doc/240695413
SO, IT IS TRUE!!!
Yep, the news is everywhere now and you heard it here first.
I'm just glad I got my two Monarchs and refund. The 2nd Monarch was delivered last week and I received the refund the same day the 2nd unit was shipped. Now I don't care if they fall off the face of the earth.
Good riddance!
Good riddance!
So BFL's long-con finally comes to an end. Oh happy day!
We meet at last...
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/feds-label-bitcoin-miner-maker-butterfly-labs-as-systematic-deception/ - Cyrus Farivar's article for Ars Technica on the FTC civil lawsuit, dated 9/23.
Official FTC Complaint Against Butterfly Labs Obtained
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has shut down Butterfly Labs, a Missouri-based company that allegedly deceptively marketed specialized computers designed to produce Bitcoins, a payment system sometimes referred to as “virtual currency.”
So far there hasn't been a single link to a government website containing a press release about any "raids".
Every "report" posted here and on reddit has been carefully crafted to sound plausible and informed. It could very well be that this is nothing but a FUD campaign and that absolutely nothing actually happened. (i.e. you've all been played)
Has anyone actually bothered going to BFL's offices in KC to check things out?
*sound of crickets*
Didn't think so.
Every "report" posted here and on reddit has been carefully crafted to sound plausible and informed. It could very well be that this is nothing but a FUD campaign and that absolutely nothing actually happened. (i.e. you've all been played)
Has anyone actually bothered going to BFL's offices in KC to check things out?
*sound of crickets*
Didn't think so.
At least three people are on record on this forum stating that they did indeed check it out, verifying the claim. Again, if it were not true, don't you think that Bruce or Josh would be here sticking it up our asses for spreading false rumors? They have not going on four days now since this past Friday, ergo a major event occurred at Camp BFL, and chickens are not being fed due their owner being in jail in an opposite ward where Sonny Vleisides is also currently being held. Josh is playing the Schultz card...
Posting under a screen name on a public message board is hardly "going on record".
Pics or it didn't happen. Let's see some timestamped, geotagged selfies at BFL HQ.
But given Josh's proclivities to give everyone a quarter and invite them to buy a clue at the slightest sign of unjustified criticism, don't you think he'd be out on every board, barrels blazing, denying the "rumors" if they weren't true?
Instead, all that is offered is a promise to check the "very persistent" rumors, followed by Schlock locking the thread. As I stated in another thread, that is anything but a denial.
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