So youre a worshipper of chaos... ok... i cant say that i dont sympathize with it because i think chaos only is something more complete yet harder to understand. Thats one thing... but letting scammers go away only because it was this way all the time sounds strange. He did something wrong and should be rewarded with the proper punishment. I dont see why the police and justice shouldnt work here. I mean if he stole gold, art or some chips im sure every policemen would hunt him down. One should claim he stole "Bitcoins in a worth of x millions". Thats something the police can understand. And they should work on it. Even government agencies in the us are beginning to regulate bitcoins which means they legitimate it. So thinking that it doesnt matter is a strange thinking.
And... what did he do that wasnt there before? That was a classic scam, happened often before. So i dont see any honor that should be given to him only because he managed to adapt the ideas others had before him. I mean would you applaud someone who kills someone with a new super laser weapon only because he did it with a new weapon? Its still a very old crime. Nothing new really.
I think it's somewhat funny that he argues that rapists should be shot in the face, while it's ok to let Trendon off the hook. Maybe rapist victims could learn something too from what happened to them and it's great that the rapist taught them? (Note: I'm joking).
If he said this then it reminds me of the persons that try to find an order in everything that happens and come out with karma. Its karma when someone was raped or a child is killed. The child has to be a bad person in its past life. I say thats bullshit because such a child even doesnt have a memory of such deeds. In fact another person would have to suffer for the deeds of another one. But thats the fear of people that want to see an order in the chaos that is the life.
I would pay private investigators and so on if i had lost something. But i didnt. So i see no reason to play the police for guys that otherwise dont seem to want their money back. Simply as that. I dont think that i would have invested so much that i would turn illegal ways at all. But i believe there are plenty of legal ways to force someone or make his life hard.
Trendon's personal informations are well known. It's just that nobody took him to court it seems. If you're on the other side of the globe and invested a smaller amount you need to be somewhat realistic. Even if you'd win and he pays you back everything, your expenses would still not be covered. Also, if you invested via a PPT and its operator simply ignores everybody (hello payb.tc) your chances are even worse.
Having said that, a lot of the investors would happily share a percentage of any retrieved funds with someone who would take him to court.
Yes, there are certain problems. Too less money lost, invested with PPTs or dont want to let the government know that one had so much money. But i still think there are a number of big investors that should do something. I mean even when you lost 10BTC its $2000 nearly now. And im sure there are people that lost way more. You could hire persons on the other side of world, you could speak with them with videochat and so on so that you are nearly there. I think i would try to check out his passwords and so on. If you have the right private investigator he maybe has nice equipment. For example software that only from the sound of the keys of a keyboard can determine the keys that are clicked and so on. Maybe not fully legal but important if a trail to the bitcoins will be found. Then find informations you can use against him and so on. Im sure one could put pressure on him or make his life hell.
Youre right that the chances to get much back is low. But if the new investment isnt way more than the loss before it would be worth a try for me. And if its only to know that the person got punishment that robbed you.
But whatever... im not involved... only wondering...