Hi,
Are you aware of the class action lawsuit? Your thread was started a week or so after this hit the news, so I'm not sure if that has inspired you to go your own way, or it's coincidence.
https://www.coindesk.com/former-customers-sue-vircurex-exchange-over-frozen-crypto-funds/
The suit mentions a name and possible physical location.
By the way, I've heard that GoDaddy will quite willingly release "private" WHOIS info if there is a complaint. You may not need a court order.
Topic: who is behind vircurex.com - seeking formal insolvency (Read 178 times)
I bought 199 LTC back in 2013, using vircurex.com. It's still stuck there, with repayments lower than the fees for transferring out. I think it's now reasonable to try and formalise the insolvency of vircurex.com. I am looking to spread the cost of step 1: finding out who actually registered the domain name, and rented server space.
I propose to do this by applying for a Norwich Pharmacal order against Domains by Proxy (an Arizona registered LLC and subsidiary of GoDaddy), and Cloudflare (a Delaware registered webhost). These are the two firms listed on the ICANN WHOIS entry for vircurex.com.
Norwich Pharmacal orders may be granted by a UK High Court (I'm a UK resident/ national and was when I bought the LTC, so that works), when a harm has occurred (like losing control of my 199 LTC), and I don't know who did it, but do know somebody who might (ICANN WHOIS to Domains by Proxy to Cloudflare). Having read the terms and conditions of both Domains by Proxy and Cloudflare, they have data, they do cough it up in response to non-US court orders.
The cost of these orders, using a direct access barrister who has published on Norwich Pharmacal orders, will be GBP 4,536 (inclusive of VAT). For more on these orders, see here: http://www.9stonebuildings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170920-Get-a-Non-Party-to-Disclose-Information-1-of-3.pdf
If anyone reading this in the US has managed to subpoena GoDaddy and Cloudflare for IP addresses, user e-mail addresses, payment methods and details, etc. please share. Then we can get on with part 2, which is getting vircurex.com declared bankrupt, and appointing an insolvency practitioner.
Separately, I've applied for PACER (public access to court electronic records) access in order to check US court records for any suits filed against vircurex.com which might have involved a subpoena. If anyone else has done that, please can they share the results in the comments?
Assuming that no one has yet managed part 1, please PM me to pool resources.
PS: to those tempted to remind me that vircurex.com's website says it is incorporated in Belize. Without a publicly verifiable company number, this is just words. Moreover, the text was added in the middle of 2014 so doesn't apply to accounts opened in 2013 (mine) where there's been no activity since.
I propose to do this by applying for a Norwich Pharmacal order against Domains by Proxy (an Arizona registered LLC and subsidiary of GoDaddy), and Cloudflare (a Delaware registered webhost). These are the two firms listed on the ICANN WHOIS entry for vircurex.com.
Norwich Pharmacal orders may be granted by a UK High Court (I'm a UK resident/ national and was when I bought the LTC, so that works), when a harm has occurred (like losing control of my 199 LTC), and I don't know who did it, but do know somebody who might (ICANN WHOIS to Domains by Proxy to Cloudflare). Having read the terms and conditions of both Domains by Proxy and Cloudflare, they have data, they do cough it up in response to non-US court orders.
The cost of these orders, using a direct access barrister who has published on Norwich Pharmacal orders, will be GBP 4,536 (inclusive of VAT). For more on these orders, see here: http://www.9stonebuildings.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170920-Get-a-Non-Party-to-Disclose-Information-1-of-3.pdf
If anyone reading this in the US has managed to subpoena GoDaddy and Cloudflare for IP addresses, user e-mail addresses, payment methods and details, etc. please share. Then we can get on with part 2, which is getting vircurex.com declared bankrupt, and appointing an insolvency practitioner.
Separately, I've applied for PACER (public access to court electronic records) access in order to check US court records for any suits filed against vircurex.com which might have involved a subpoena. If anyone else has done that, please can they share the results in the comments?
Assuming that no one has yet managed part 1, please PM me to pool resources.
PS: to those tempted to remind me that vircurex.com's website says it is incorporated in Belize. Without a publicly verifiable company number, this is just words. Moreover, the text was added in the middle of 2014 so doesn't apply to accounts opened in 2013 (mine) where there's been no activity since.
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