I want to publicly say that I strongly disagree with the removal of negative ratings against Lauda/TMAN.
In the case of Lauda, this is not the first time that he has been accused of extorting someone, and AFAICT, the claims that zeroaxl was evading taxes/engaging in illegal activity were baseless. What could be reasonably confirmed however was that zeroaxl has/had a large amount of BTC, and had the resources to pay an extortion payment in order to prevent an invasive police investigation.
I know and I understand. I dont care enough anymore to do this alone. Probably time to move on.
Was anyone lobbying you to remove the negative rating? If so, who?
I would point out that doing the right thing is often not the same as doing the easy thing.
I am very disappointed in those in the DT network for not looking the other way in an admitted extortion attempt. I am also especially disappointed in Blazed for keeping Lauda in his trust list.
Whats the correct information then?
That I wasn't involved in the extortion plot and was simply trying to enforce the forum's rules. As I have said previously in the thread.
This is an obvious lie. Your actions clearly were putting pressure on the extortion victim to pay the extortion demand, and you were aware of the extortion attempt prior to you taking the action that put pressure on the extortion victim.