Replace BTC with ISK or WOW gold, and see how it changes the situation. Protip: You have just as much chance of getting any relief from BTCS&T as the depositors at EBANK from EVE Online had, i.e. none.
Actually, didn't that guy put a bounty on himself, and fly off into space in a death-star style ship? So, those guys have at least a chance to get some of their money back.