Zhou Tong is directly linked to the recent hack. This is not debatable - he says that he was a victim of identity theft, through which Chen stole lots of cash.
So it is fairly normal for people to question his version of events is it not? People have lost a lot of money after all.
Reasoning for this line of thought:
Users have claimed Zhou Tong is guilty of stealing Bitcoinica funds without any proof of it whatsoever.
Users have claimed that Zhou Tong is guilty of money laundering without understanding Chinese culture.
Yes people should not make unfounded accusations.
We cannot take one person's version of events, (either for or against ZT), at face value without sufficient evidence. It is just logical.
I don't really see the connection with Roberto, sounds like a separate issue for another thread.
Again it seems like a reasonable thing to want to know the real identity behind a business, responsible for storing peoples money. Zhou Tong is not an exception and neither should any of the people involved with BTC businesses.
Being new here I have probably missed something - can you point me to the thread about his bank accounts and such.
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Found the ZT photos link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=86594.msg953155#msg953155
Seems convincing though a photo-ID would have been nice
Wasn't that part of ZT's version of events, that he worked for a criminal relic collector? So it is apparently true. But yes this does not necessarily incriminate ZT.
So it is fairly normal for people to question his version of events is it not? People have lost a lot of money after all.
Reasoning for this line of thought:
Users have claimed Zhou Tong is guilty of stealing Bitcoinica funds without any proof of it whatsoever.
Users have claimed that Zhou Tong is guilty of money laundering without understanding Chinese culture.
Yes people should not make unfounded accusations.
Users have claimed that Zhou Tong is lying because he has not backed up his response with evidence, yet neglect to have the same line of reasoning with the suspiciously quiet AurumXChange's Roberto.
We cannot take one person's version of events, (either for or against ZT), at face value without sufficient evidence. It is just logical.
I don't really see the connection with Roberto, sounds like a separate issue for another thread.
Users have claimed that Zhou Tong is not really Zhou Tong and someone else entirely-- this is quite bizarre considering he has numerous bank accounts with his name on them, businesses registered in his name, and has never once done anything to make anyone think otherwise.
Again it seems like a reasonable thing to want to know the real identity behind a business, responsible for storing peoples money. Zhou Tong is not an exception and neither should any of the people involved with BTC businesses.
Being new here I have probably missed something - can you point me to the thread about his bank accounts and such.
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Found the ZT photos link https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=86594.msg953155#msg953155
Seems convincing though a photo-ID would have been nice
Users have claimed that Zhou Tong works with criminals -- Yahoo's last CEO Scott Thompson lied about his tech degree, that must mean Yahoo are all liars and work with liars. 
Kevin Mitnick is a known hacker who has broken numerous laws, numerous big companies ask for his advice in protecting against fraud. This does not make those companies criminals.
Kevin Mitnick is a known hacker who has broken numerous laws, numerous big companies ask for his advice in protecting against fraud. This does not make those companies criminals.Wasn't that part of ZT's version of events, that he worked for a criminal relic collector? So it is apparently true. But yes this does not necessarily incriminate ZT.