Ferdous, the only interpretation we made about the arrest news is that it was recent.
From the posts here and on twitter, it's pretty obvious that crypto people interpreted "arrested" = "imprisoned".
Then why didn't you simply say, "this actually happened 3 months ago, but I was instructed not to talk about it" ?
If you still didn't want to reveal details, then why make the follow-up post at all?
The fact is, you didn't miscommunicate. You intentionally omitted a pretty important detail about the news article, which was further misleading because your implicit confirmation reinforced its credibility. Had one of us not looked further into it we'd all still be high fiving each other, especially after your well-timed and jubilant thank-you speech.
I wanted to make a thank you post because I truly think that it was much deserved. This was an exceptional community effort and I was glad to finally let people know that some real progress has been made.
I did mention several times both here and on twitter in the last few months that we are making good progress, and I am in confidentiality agreement with law enforcement agencies. I also encouraged people to follow up with Action Fraud UK directly (if you did, then you would have learned a lot more about what actually is happening, under the same confidentiality agreement).
I hope your actions are in good faith, and if they are then obviously my suspicions should be disregarded. That said, your recent comments aren't doing your credibility any favors.
Well, I have said time and time again that you should not be putting blind faith on me or anyone else. I have urged you dozens of time by now to directly contact Action Fraud UK and follow up with them. I posted our lawyer info publicly too in case anyone wanted to follow up. The burden is now on you, not me.
Let me be very clear: You should not trust anybody in crypto. This space attracts way more scammers than people with good intentions. Verify everything. Stop speculating. Cheers.
