Topic: Hey Pirate, it's Monday....WHERE ARE MY BITCOINS ? - page 6. (Read 33163 times)

I imagine it won't be too much longer before the random pizza deliveries and prank phone calls start.

Either way, I feel sorry for Shavers and his entire family.

How about not playing the fool, and waiting for the payouts? He said a week or 2, it's been 2-3 days.

http://www.texasmarriagerecords.org/marriage-of-trendon-shavers-and-ashley-snyder.html
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gkSMrRLj33IJ:www.mylife.com/c-2311377978+%22SHAVERS,+TRENDON%22&hl=en&client=opera&prmd=imvns&strip=1
http://www.co.midland.tx.us/da/hotcheckwarrants/list/?lname=sz

Anyone know how to find out if this is not just a case of identity theft before we ruin his life completely?

Funny... I'm an attorney in TX and would be itching to do the legal action if in fact it turned out that this guy is Pirate@40 AND it turns out that he stole the funds.  Or perhaps work as a consultant for whatever firm was hired to prosecute.

In the US it varies a lot by state but it is pretty easy to register a company and states don't do any real validation.

https://ourcpa.cpa.state.tx.us/coa/servlet/cpa.app.coa.CoaGetTp?Pg=tpid&Search_Nm=GPUMAX%20TECHNOLOGIES%2C%20LLC%20&Button=search&Search_ID=32046504976

In the case of GPUMax a registered agent was used which means the paperwork was filed by a third party.  You will notice the filing is innacurate as the "principal place of business" is the registered agent's address (a common inaccuracy). The state should ensure that principal place of business is the principal place of business.  The simplest check would be to ensure it isn't the same address as a registered agent.  Also the information on directors or owners is missing.

Registered agents tend to be even more lax than states as they get paid per submission and don't want to discourage paying customers.  You can usually have one file for you by submitting info online without providing any proof of anything.  Hell you probably could find one which would register "We steal your money, LLC" with sole owner being "John Hamburgler Doe".

For the record, I not saying this means it is a scam, or that the identity of "Pirate" can't be determined.  I am just saying a company registration doesn't mean a whole lot, especially not for newly formed companies (which is why banks will often require guarantor if business has less than three years of records including tax filings).

Since I don't know how things work in the US, I don't know how to judge this comment. Do you actually know anything about company registration, or are you just randomly making up facts. I really can't tell.

Where I live, the government makes sure who the partners are before registering an LLC. However they don't actively audit the company address or ask for any documents proving that you actually have permission to do business from the address you provide, so it's perfectly possible to run a scam operation if you are going to run in the end. But I have created companies in another country, and they were pretty anal about the location information. Maybe Texas swings the other direction and doesn't even ask for an ID number, but I highly doubt it. How do they even prove you actually are the same person who is liable for taxes?

Before the troll wars began, I sincerely believed pirate was running a scheme, but even though the troll wattage is about the same on both sides, I feel that a lot of inaccurate information is given by the team ponzi in an authoritative an condescending attitude, which is getting on my nerves regardless of pirate being a ponzi (or not).

SHAVERS, TRENDON    101078   09/21/1982   THEFT O/20 U/500 BY CHECK

What website were you looking at? ;p

Name Age Location   
T####### T Shavers ## M#######, TX

Of course not. Apparently the registration procedures are extremely lax in that place in Texas. There is no information on a Trendon T. Shavers, not even his age. It seems questionable that any person with that name really exists.

In any case, pirateat40 is not that stupid.

Also, who said that pirateat40 is Trendon Shavers? Was it perhaps pirateat40 himself? LOL

i guess it was not planed as scam initially. the business (whatever it is) was too complex at the end. at the moment he tries to get the coins back, hopefully and then he will start with his next business. but price is high at the moment maybe he is waiting for a crash of the market if the crowd start to thinking it was scam. but bitcoin is not bitcoin as a year ago. it is much more stronger now and so many scams did happen. one more or less will not affect the market anymore.

You mean that someone that planned on running a multi-million dollars scam registered officially so everyone could see who he is?

Apparently so. Trendon's listed as a director, along with those other two...

The other directors also run this company:
http://jqgreetings.com/

GPUMAX is a registered company? Is this The GPUMAX we know here?

might be useful...

http://www.corporationwiki.com/Texas/McKinney/trendon-shavers/101281327.aspx

I recommend to concentrate on identifying and finding pirateat40. Collect and write down whatever information you have that could help finding him.

Prepare for legal action. He needs prosecution. And so do his henchmen. We all know pretty well who they are, at least as far as their bitcointalk.org identities go.

We may have to wait for another few days, until even the most gullible people recognize beyond doubt that it was a scam, but let's be prepared as soon as possible.

I never invested in pirate because I don't think anyone can promise a 7% weekly return, but that last statement is all I need to know he's a scumbag. Even if he pays back, which I doubt, why would anyone want to do business with someone who makes comments like that?

Well, it's not you who has 2500 of his coins, right?

interesting find.  would love to have on bitlane on DonkDown radio on Wed.

Ummmmmmmm if you haven't figured it out yet,  Pirate is waxing his new Bentley right now, so it will probably be a bit before he has time to get to all these payouts.  Like he said, he has money all over the place and it is a BIG process for him to close everything out.  He has money in exotic cars, strippers,  lots of good of good blow, probably some huge losses at craps(+1 Pirate as I love craps even though you probably have a terrible shot)  in Vegas and much more.  The list could be endless.    I forgot about the elevator girls at the Monte Carlo ,  that could be quite an investment in itself.  In any event,  I am sure he will get it all sorted out.