Topic: Cryptsy Hack Resolution - 3rd dispatch posted - page 25. (Read 44991 times)
Cryptcracker you said: "Funds to be recovered immediately once deal finalized" .. any news?
Fun fact the 1750 Bitcoin bounty I'm looking to receive for just the Bitcoin recovery is 618 more then 1132.
Delightful!
Fun fact the 1750 Bitcoin bounty I'm looking to receive for just the Bitcoin recovery is 618 more then 1132.
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
Where was your lawyer when you were signing that ridiculous contract?
Yes, nice troll move now that Cryptsy has countersigned. Next move will be that contract needs some modification, inserting new wording so that the first letter of each sentence spells "Cryptsy got pwned". Then signed by BV himself.
I'm Paul Vernon, long time Bitcoin advocate and Cryptsy CEO.
Today I signed a contract with some crackhead at my headquarters in Florida.
I had a nice chat with CrackHead about our current situation.
He showed me multiple bitcoin wallet addresses where our stolen bitcoins reside.
I'm sure that all the current withdrawal problems are being caused by lack of liquidity due to us not having access to our funds at Cryptsy.
The traditional three-letter agencies that Cryptsy needs to work with are out of pocket or have its agents in jail, hence resorting to the community to get this minor glitch resolved.
The dozens of people remaining that make up the Cryptsy team are hard at work establishing additional cons that eventually will make dealing with Cryptsy in the future totally fucked up for its user base.
For now, I hope that everyone will continue working on Bitcoin projects that will help make the world a better place.
Today I signed a contract with some crackhead at my headquarters in Florida.
I had a nice chat with CrackHead about our current situation.
He showed me multiple bitcoin wallet addresses where our stolen bitcoins reside.
I'm sure that all the current withdrawal problems are being caused by lack of liquidity due to us not having access to our funds at Cryptsy.
The traditional three-letter agencies that Cryptsy needs to work with are out of pocket or have its agents in jail, hence resorting to the community to get this minor glitch resolved.
The dozens of people remaining that make up the Cryptsy team are hard at work establishing additional cons that eventually will make dealing with Cryptsy in the future totally fucked up for its user base.
For now, I hope that everyone will continue working on Bitcoin projects that will help make the world a better place.
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
Don't worry. Paul is an "up and up" guy. He wouldn't do you wrong.
He probably is Paul or that Cryptsy_Jim guy, or both.
I’d bet my bottom Satoshi this all leads back to Blockstream and Theymos and their plans to takeover Bitcoin. I just don’t have all the angles hashed out yet.
Well, I already uncovered that Jeff Ownby of BFL worked for John Hammes' (BitJohn) dad as a consultant in Russian for some sink thingy before Jeff moved to Costa Rica to be with Sonny Vleisides to advance Laissez Faire City, a lottery scheme, and their online gambling schemes, still running today.
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
Where was your lawyer when you were signing that ridiculous contract?
"Kirk, are you familiar with Hacker vs. Cryptsy?"
I guess i can escrow this 
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
Why would there be any issue with that? just get the 13,000 coins, then send cryptsy 11,250, you have your fee and cryptsy can't touch it.
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
Don't worry. Paul is an "up and up" guy. He wouldn't do you wrong.
He probably is Paul or that Cryptsy_Jim guy, or both.
I’d bet my bottom Satoshi this all leads back to Blockstream and Theymos and their plans to takeover Bitcoin. I just don’t have all the angles hashed out yet.
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
Don't worry. Paul is an "up and up" guy. He wouldn't do you wrong.
He probably is Paul or that Cryptsy_Jim guy, or both.
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
Sure. What happened to "Funds to be recovered immediately once deal finalized"? We know the routine. Same story, different day.
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
Don't worry. Paul is an "up and up" guy. He wouldn't do you wrong.
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
Where was your lawyer when you were signing that ridiculous contract?
Consulting lawyer to make sure nothing gets in between me getting paid my bounty when coins are recovered.
http://www.bitcoinfuturesguide.com/bitcoin-blog/cryptsy-makes-deal-with-hackers-to-return-stolen-13000-btc-pays-13-fee-to-the-culprit
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The anonymous hacker is called "Cryptcracker" (probably a group) and the individual who signed the contract appears to have written "Wrecker" or "Wrecked".
Eternal Insolent = Lorie Ann Nettles (think homewrecker)
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
~ William Congreve
~ William Congreve
You figured it out yet, Jim Slockney and Paul Vernon, or am I simply being a nutter again?
From the desk of There's More Than One Nutter On This Planet:
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/03/13/rofl-cryptsy-offers-bounty-for-the-return-of-stolen-bitcoin-in-latest-piece-of-absurd-theatrics/
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/03/13/rofl-cryptsy-offers-bounty-for-the-return-of-stolen-bitcoin-in-latest-piece-of-absurd-theatrics/
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Just when it was thought the saga of failed Bitcoin exchange Cryptsy (Project Investors, Inc.) couldn’t get any more absurd, it has, with the founder of the company offering a reward to a hacker who is alleged to have stolen funds from the exchange.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Paul “Big Vern” Vernon has posted a contract (pdf) titled “Cryptsy Recovery Bounty Final” on the Cryptsy website that promises to pay 1750 Bitcoin ($725,000) to “Cryptcracker,” the alleged hacker of 13,000 Bitcoin ($5.38 million) from the site should he or she return them.
The contract (we use the term loosely) also promises a further reward of 250 Bitcoin ($103,000) should the 247,000 Litecoins ($817,600) allegedly stolen be returned as well.
Vernon claimed in January that trojan malware was inserted into Cryptsy’s code by the developer of Lucky7Coin giving access to the company’s wallets, but more remarkably claimed this had occurred 18 months prior in 2014. Instead of letting customers know what had happened, they had decided to continue trading in an effort to work their way back to solvency. Even more funnily, Vernon claims to have never reported the theft to authorities, as he didn’t know to whom to report it.
Since that announcement it has since been all but confirmed that the hacking story is a complete lie, with a copy of an affidavit Vernon made to a Florida divorce court in December being revealed where he stated under oath that the exchange had been able to stay afloat thanks to fee income, but that profits had dried up, leading to the exchange’s collapse.
In his own words:
“Due to downturn in profits, not currently taking a salary, expect corporation to dissolve due to economic conditions.”
Vernon, and his now ex-wife are currently subject to a class-action lawsuit that suggests that the alleged hack is nothing more than a poorly masked ploy of their efforts to move assets away from Cryptsy before the company officially went under; of particular note, and despite the alleged hack taking place in 2014, Vernon made an all-cash purchase of a $1,374,881 waterfront mansion in Palm Beach County, Florida, in May 2015.
ROFL
Even if we pretend to believe Vernon’s claim that the site was hacked, the bounty contract is nothing more than pure theatrics because it’s highly unlikely the contract would be valid to begin with, particularly when the person to whom the “bounty” was being offered isn’t even listed properly on the contract to begin with. Cryptcracker may be a pseudonym for a group, not an individual, and even then, if they had stolen the funds, why would they want to return them? After all, it’s not as if Big Vern has reported the theft to authorities.
Perhaps what’s also a little sadder in this absurd tale is that many members of the Bitcoin press are taking this offer seriously without even the slightest bit of investigation into the background, with one actually going as far as writing:
One silver lining to the whole episode is that if this all goes well then the funds will actually be back in Cryptosy’s posession [sic]. So it’s good that the customers will get their money back, that is the most important [sic].
ROFL, it’s not going to happen.
If you’ve been a victim of Paul Vernon’s Cryptsy Bitcoin exchange scam and haven’t joined the class action lawsuit yet, contact the good folks at Wites & Kapetan, P.A. and get you name added to it.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer Paul “Big Vern” Vernon has posted a contract (pdf) titled “Cryptsy Recovery Bounty Final” on the Cryptsy website that promises to pay 1750 Bitcoin ($725,000) to “Cryptcracker,” the alleged hacker of 13,000 Bitcoin ($5.38 million) from the site should he or she return them.
The contract (we use the term loosely) also promises a further reward of 250 Bitcoin ($103,000) should the 247,000 Litecoins ($817,600) allegedly stolen be returned as well.
Vernon claimed in January that trojan malware was inserted into Cryptsy’s code by the developer of Lucky7Coin giving access to the company’s wallets, but more remarkably claimed this had occurred 18 months prior in 2014. Instead of letting customers know what had happened, they had decided to continue trading in an effort to work their way back to solvency. Even more funnily, Vernon claims to have never reported the theft to authorities, as he didn’t know to whom to report it.
Since that announcement it has since been all but confirmed that the hacking story is a complete lie, with a copy of an affidavit Vernon made to a Florida divorce court in December being revealed where he stated under oath that the exchange had been able to stay afloat thanks to fee income, but that profits had dried up, leading to the exchange’s collapse.
In his own words:
“Due to downturn in profits, not currently taking a salary, expect corporation to dissolve due to economic conditions.”
Vernon, and his now ex-wife are currently subject to a class-action lawsuit that suggests that the alleged hack is nothing more than a poorly masked ploy of their efforts to move assets away from Cryptsy before the company officially went under; of particular note, and despite the alleged hack taking place in 2014, Vernon made an all-cash purchase of a $1,374,881 waterfront mansion in Palm Beach County, Florida, in May 2015.
ROFL
Even if we pretend to believe Vernon’s claim that the site was hacked, the bounty contract is nothing more than pure theatrics because it’s highly unlikely the contract would be valid to begin with, particularly when the person to whom the “bounty” was being offered isn’t even listed properly on the contract to begin with. Cryptcracker may be a pseudonym for a group, not an individual, and even then, if they had stolen the funds, why would they want to return them? After all, it’s not as if Big Vern has reported the theft to authorities.
Perhaps what’s also a little sadder in this absurd tale is that many members of the Bitcoin press are taking this offer seriously without even the slightest bit of investigation into the background, with one actually going as far as writing:
One silver lining to the whole episode is that if this all goes well then the funds will actually be back in Cryptosy’s posession [sic]. So it’s good that the customers will get their money back, that is the most important [sic].
ROFL, it’s not going to happen.
If you’ve been a victim of Paul Vernon’s Cryptsy Bitcoin exchange scam and haven’t joined the class action lawsuit yet, contact the good folks at Wites & Kapetan, P.A. and get you name added to it.
why Paul no reply to my email or pm me ? having second thoughts .
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/bigvern-93918
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Name: bigvern
Posts: 100
Activity: 100
Position: Member
Date Registered: April 06, 2013, 09:29:52 AM
Last Active: February 11, 2016, 08:18:31 AM
Posts: 100
Activity: 100
Position: Member
Date Registered: April 06, 2013, 09:29:52 AM
Last Active: February 11, 2016, 08:18:31 AM
May I suggest try sending a PM a few seconds prior to February 11, 2016, 08:18:31 AM (CST)?
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What have the authorities said about this deal? Or about anything really? What have you done to get the coins back besides sign a contract written by a random person who sent you a tweet?
We do, however, fully comply with our Federal MSB requirements. This includes filing SAR (Suspicous Activity Reports) and CTR (Currency Transaction Reports). We also have one of the most extensive KYC programs in the industry, scrub accounts against the OFAC list, and perform Transaction Monitoring. At a federal level, we are compliant.
Federal compliance is the only claim we have ever made and will make.
https://www.fincen.gov/
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If a weekend, permission is hereby granted to form partnerships and draw up contracts with hackers if the stolen amount is less than U$20M.
why Paul no reply to my email or pm me ? having second thoughts .
send an email to [email protected] and show proof you have the coins.
Then paul will talk to you
Cryptsy_Jim,
So this agreement with Cryptcracker was a scam right? I think it's safe for us to assume that.
Not counting it out just yet. Will give it a little time. But as of yet he has produced nothing.
We have to explore any "possibles". Maybe hes the hack. Maybe he knows the hack and is cutting a deal with him. Who knows.
We just want the coins back so we can make things right with users.
What have the authorities said about this deal? Or about anything really? What have you done to get the coins back besides sign a contract written by a random person who sent you a tweet?
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