That's bullshit. I will explain what this is about.

- Our company (Prasos) has over 35000 exchange customers, mostly from Finland. Most of them do not use Bitcointalk or have never used it.

- We market these auctions heavily outside Bitcointalk to get people outside the forum to join the bidding.

- These users need to register new accounts simply to bid. Many of those people are not interested in the forum otherwise.

That's simply it. Some people in Bitcointalk have this idea that the Bitcoin community at large revolves around Bitcointalk. That may have been the case from 2009 to 2011 but it certainly is not the case nowadays.

I invite theymos to check the IP's and use profiles or anything related to my account and these accounts and see if there is "suspicious" stuff there. Be my guest.

I'd actually love to bid on some of these auctions but I'm not doing it since that would not be appropriate. I have not done that once and I challenge anyone to provide ACTUAL PROOF. That is not going to be possible.