Quote from: mexxer-2 on January 10, 2016, 10:20:10 AM

Quote from: Tabata11 on January 10, 2016, 07:43:07 AM

Looks like he is paying everyone back...still in progressed

How Eric stole people's Christmas
1. Eric builds reputation since 2013 in order to set up the escrow scam
2. Eric buys multiple accounts to set up phony escrows with people and steals bitcoins
3. Eric claims he was hacked and wasn't him when people start finding out
4. Eric moves funds to attempt to exit scam
5. But oh shit, Eric forgot to hide his identity and people knew who he was

Seems right?

Not likely he would spend over 2 years to scam that amount, here's what I think did happen(nearly the same as yours)
1. Eric builds reputation since 2013
2. During the last couple of months , he either gets in a economic problem, or starts noticing how easy it would be to scam a huge amount
3. Eric buys multiple accounts to set up phony escrows with people and steals bitcoins
4. Eric claims he was hacked and wasn't him when people start finding out
4. Eric moves funds to attempt to exit scam
5. But oh shit, Eric forgot to hide his identity and people knew who he was

If he really was in financial problems why don't just ask for a loan? He was extremely trusted, I'm sure more than 1 person would have been willing to give him a good amount of bitcoins, he could have done many things instead of scamming, he is a scammer and he always was.