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March 28, 2015, 12:57:48 PM
#34
He could have made the same amount of money if he just kept running the site honestly for the next 20 years. I guess fast money is too tempting, and he thought he could get away with it.
he would have been arrested if he ran the site for 20 years, when evo exit scammed someone pointed out that you can only leave in 3 ways; get arrssted, exit scammed, or shutdown with notice of the users. Only a fww sites ever done the last because they dont need to.
sr. member
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March 28, 2015, 08:25:28 AM
#33
What a fag, i thought he would look more badass for a darknet drug dev, but i guess they all look like an ugly nerd not being able to run a block, it's pathetic. Horrible for a drugdealer to see what kind of person took his money lol.
legendary
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March 27, 2015, 07:33:06 PM
#32
Finally, someone gets arrested for running a scam. He definitely deserved this. Hopefully more bad guys will be caught in the future.
Just look at Karpeles, still a free man.
Agree, scammer got what he deserved. He looks terrible, and hurt a lot of dangerous people ;O
legendary
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Satoshi is rolling in his grave. #bitcoin
March 27, 2015, 07:28:07 PM
#31
In the time that this scam happened, and the money was stolen , there was virtually possibilities of such scams on every corner. People were new to bitcoin, there was a large inflow of
money in bitcoin, and all that led to pranksters like this fatty to do what he did.
The very fact that he got cought in such a noob way tells more about him than any news, he obviously isnt smart enough to keep the money. Justice served right.

cheers
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Enter the future of gaming
March 27, 2015, 07:10:44 PM
#30
Hope he enjoys his new sex life. Cheesy
legendary
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March 27, 2015, 06:05:55 PM
#29
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Also, it would have been easy to launder the stolen bitcoins if he had done it properly. He could have sent a portion of his stash through a mixer such as Bitmixer.io every couple of months and cashed out little bits at a time using LocalBitcoins. If the police becomes suspicious, he could have simply said that he was an early adopter which would be very difficult to disprove.

It's not that easy. In such cases you have to be able to prove your story. They cannot prosecute you for any crime until proving your guilt, but they can and will seize your cash if you can't prove it's legit. Otherwise every criminal could just say "I'm an early bitcoin adopter and cashed my bitcoins slowly over time".

Plus, according to linked article:

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Thomas was never arrested until know, even though that his name details were well known and reported to the Czech police soon after the scam.

that surely didn't help his attempt to money launder.

if he took 40 million he should had moved and stay off the net. Case solved, the face he kept his facebook and other shit, he did the same shit like Dread pirate roberts did. Im sure the Evoulution scammers are scared of there asses now.  ha ha ha
This Czech guy was just a lucky flop. He was not pro scammer but he just went with the flow and he won some big money. From the other hand Evolution creators were professional scammers, fraudsters and carders. They won't be easy catch.
sr. member
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Pre-sale - March 18
March 27, 2015, 05:58:25 PM
#28
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Also, it would have been easy to launder the stolen bitcoins if he had done it properly. He could have sent a portion of his stash through a mixer such as Bitmixer.io every couple of months and cashed out little bits at a time using LocalBitcoins. If the police becomes suspicious, he could have simply said that he was an early adopter which would be very difficult to disprove.

It's not that easy. In such cases you have to be able to prove your story. They cannot prosecute you for any crime until proving your guilt, but they can and will seize your cash if you can't prove it's legit. Otherwise every criminal could just say "I'm an early bitcoin adopter and cashed my bitcoins slowly over time".

Plus, according to linked article:

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Thomas was never arrested until know, even though that his name details were well known and reported to the Czech police soon after the scam.

that surely didn't help his attempt to money launder.

if he took 40 million he should had moved and stay off the net. Case solved, the face he kept his facebook and other shit, he did the same shit like Dread pirate roberts did. Im sure the Evoulution scammers are scared of there asses now.  ha ha ha
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Pre-sale - March 18
March 27, 2015, 05:56:47 PM
#27
cause they are protected and dont blame just the prez alone is the whole government.  

also one more thing they only go after you steal more then 300,000 dollars, I dont see people going to jail for 10,000  
legendary
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March 27, 2015, 05:55:49 PM
#26
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Also, it would have been easy to launder the stolen bitcoins if he had done it properly. He could have sent a portion of his stash through a mixer such as Bitmixer.io every couple of months and cashed out little bits at a time using LocalBitcoins. If the police becomes suspicious, he could have simply said that he was an early adopter which would be very difficult to disprove.

It's not that easy. In such cases you have to be able to prove your story. They cannot prosecute you for any crime until proving your guilt, but they can and will seize your cash if you can't prove it's legit. Otherwise every criminal could just say "I'm an early bitcoin adopter and cashed my bitcoins slowly over time".

Plus, according to linked article:

Quote
Thomas was never arrested until know, even though that his name details were well known and reported to the Czech police soon after the scam.

that surely didn't help his attempt to money launder.
legendary
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Newbie
March 27, 2015, 05:40:08 PM
#25
Karma seriously screws you up, there is no escaping.

I'm curious why karma doesn't work for USA presidents...
sr. member
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March 27, 2015, 05:25:50 PM
#24
He knew his face is well known, knew he was a suspect, but just couldn't wait and had to buy a residence and transfer a couple hundred thousand euros through his girlfriend's bank account, really?  Roll Eyes
In my country bank transfers of over €15k may be (and usually are) reported to the IRS, since Czech Republic is a part of the EU it may have similar rules.
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March 27, 2015, 05:17:26 PM
#23
He could have made the same amount of money if he just kept running the site honestly for the next 20 years. I guess fast money is too tempting, and he thought he could get away with it.

20 years? It's quite likely that the site would have been actually hacked or its owner would slip up and get caught by the feds during that time. 20 years is a long time when it comes to Bitcoin and computer security.

Also, it would have been easy to launder the stolen bitcoins if he had done it properly. He could have sent a portion of his stash through a mixer such as Bitmixer.io every couple of months and cashed out little bits at a time using LocalBitcoins. If the police becomes suspicious, he could have simply said that he was an early adopter which would be very difficult to disprove.

Yap, the longer he ran the site the more probable it would have been for him to get caught by authorities.
sr. member
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March 27, 2015, 05:10:48 PM
#22
He could have made the same amount of money if he just kept running the site honestly for the next 20 years. I guess fast money is too tempting, and he thought he could get away with it.

20 years? It's quite likely that the site would have been actually hacked or its owner would slip up and get caught by the feds during that time. 20 years is a long time when it comes to Bitcoin and computer security. Tor might not even be a reliable method of obscuring one's identity by then.

Also, it would have been easy to launder the stolen bitcoins if he had done it properly. He could have sent a portion of his stash through a mixer such as Bitmixer.io every couple of months and cashed out little bits at a time using LocalBitcoins. If the police becomes suspicious, he could have simply said that he was an early adopter which would be very difficult to disprove.
legendary
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March 27, 2015, 04:52:40 PM
#21
Karma seriously screws you up, there is no escaping.
legendary
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March 27, 2015, 04:44:50 PM
#20
Wonderful, leave it up to the Czechs to do what the Japanese and others failed to do. Glad to see this jerkoff got what was coming to him.
hero member
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March 27, 2015, 03:56:15 PM
#19
I imagine being that fat,picking up the soap is going to hurt.........a lot  Grin
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March 27, 2015, 02:11:23 PM
#18
Finally, someone gets arrested for running a scam. He definitely deserved this. Hopefully more bad guys will be caught in the future.
Just look at Karpeles, still a free man.
I do not know the exact details of the Karpeles case, but I think it's safe to say that he will not go to jail at this point, he somehow got away with the whole thing.

I'm surprised that nobody tried to hire a hitman and shoot the guy.

Drug vendors are not violent in nature, especially those on the darknet who can operate more safely, drugs don't create crime it's the illegality of drugs that creates it.

I wasn't talking anything about drugs dealer, dude. I was talking about the Mtgox owner

My bad, didn't read the whole thread thought you were talking about sheep market.
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hee-ho.
March 27, 2015, 02:03:16 PM
#17
Finally, someone gets arrested for running a scam. He definitely deserved this. Hopefully more bad guys will be caught in the future.
Just look at Karpeles, still a free man.
I do not know the exact details of the Karpeles case, but I think it's safe to say that he will not go to jail at this point, he somehow got away with the whole thing.

I'm surprised that nobody tried to hire a hitman and shoot the guy.

Drug vendors are not violent in nature, especially those on the darknet who can operate more safely, drugs don't create crime it's the illegality of drugs that creates it.

I wasn't talking anything about drugs dealer, dude. I was talking about the Mtgox owner
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March 27, 2015, 02:00:12 PM
#16
Finally, someone gets arrested for running a scam. He definitely deserved this. Hopefully more bad guys will be caught in the future.
Just look at Karpeles, still a free man.
I do not know the exact details of the Karpeles case, but I think it's safe to say that he will not go to jail at this point, he somehow got away with the whole thing.

I'm surprised that nobody tried to hire a hitman and shoot the guy.

Drug vendors are not violent in nature, especially those on the darknet who can operate more safely, drugs don't create crime it's the illegality of drugs that creates it.
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hee-ho.
March 27, 2015, 01:59:45 PM
#15
Finally, someone gets arrested for running a scam. He definitely deserved this. Hopefully more bad guys will be caught in the future.
Just look at Karpeles, still a free man.
I do not know the exact details of the Karpeles case, but I think it's safe to say that he will not go to jail at this point, he somehow got away with the whole thing.

has anyone tracked the blockchain to see where MTgOX coins have gone?


I believe this is the latest article regarding MtGox and their coins moving through blockchain. http://www.coindesk.com/gox-money-moving-through-block-chain/
Apparently since that time there wasn't any changes.

I doubt he's going to dump them soon. it hasn't been 3 years since the incident and I'm sure he have a lot of money left.
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