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Topic: Cats lead Feds to KnightMB (worth 371kBTC) in Romney Tax Hack. - page 5. (Read 12385 times)

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Wow...way to go buddy. 4 million was just not enough was it? He even pleads ignorance....

Lottery winner syndrome.  80% of people receiving windfalls are likely to quickly squander them, and within a few years be right back where they started.  Making money is half the battle, the other half is diversifying and protecting wealth, which requires intelligence and hard work.  I'd bet KnightMB sold out his BTC during the price lows of 2011 and/or put a good chunk in Pirate's fund and other scams, thus explaining the desperation that must've driven him to attempt that insane extortion scam.
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The partners are likely pissed. They may have stolen the USB drive and staged the hoax in order to finger KnightMB.

I hope they are Chinese relic hunter über-hackers.
legendary
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Conspiracy theory:

No one would be dumb enough to include photos on the USB stick. Therefore we need a conspiracy.

We know that KnightMB acquired his 371k BTC by buying out partners in a BTC startup. He bought that 371k BTC for less than $5000.
The partners are likely pissed. They may have stolen the USB drive and staged the hoax in order to finger KnightMB.
legendary
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So, this is kind of a big deal, right?  If he wasn't telling the truth about not having the coins, and they were on something of what the Feds confiscated, then the US government is sort of the largest holder of bitcoins...
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reddit seems to be having trouble making the link.  This messageboard's KnightMB is the same person who used to own Endless-sphere.  They both used [email protected].

I got a weird email from knight during the crisis from the following email: [email protected] what i interpreted as warning me he had access to all PM's.

http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30632&start=30#p444475

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There is also "Items Seized" document with receipt involving his PayPal address: [email protected].

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/12yfnk/cats_lead_feds_to_knightmb_worth_371kbtc_in/c6z7orq

The PayPal address means that the guy the Feds questioned about the Romney tax returns is the former owner of Endless-sphere.  We know that person is "our" KnightMB because he used the knightmb.dyndns.org address both here and on Endless-sphere.  Therefore, "our" KnightMB is the guy the feds are investigating.  Which will probably make his former employers very happy.

More effort next time reddit.
legendary
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RUM AND CARROTS: A PIRATE LIFE FOR ME
What did the cat have anything to do with it?
newbie
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Who'd be dumb enough to use a pendrive which was used for previous personal stuff? Seems like the hacker is a little smarter than we thought :O
hero member
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reddit is leaking.

This guy has bad luck with being investigated for computer related crimes he claims he didn't commit.

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Brown’s home also was raided by federal authorities in 2009 in a case related to the theft of data from an insurance company, but he was never charged in the matter.

In the last post KnightMB made here, in June this year, he claimed that his pile of Bitcoins was pretty much all gone.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.973679

It's probably worth remembering that he acquired the BTC under questionable circumstances and that there were allegations that he'd screwed over previous employers as well.

http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30632&sid=bc2ba1be6bb99fef8c9941ef67f4b5b3
legendary
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Strength in numbers
What is this I don't even
legendary
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Reverse engineer from time to time
Wow...way to go buddy. 4 million was just not enough was it? He even pleads ignorance....
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