Quote from: waver on August 10, 2013, 12:39:12 PM

Both of these sites are obvious scams, but I ask, they have a coinbase account on the .ag site which requires a link to a US bank account, is there no way to find out who owns this account? Does coinbase protect the identity of everyone who uses their service regardless of their "business practices"?

Also the .com version of this scam has a mtgox account..

Is bitcoin being an unofficial currency a way to steal things with no repercussions? Or can we somehow press charges of theft against coinbase or mtgox for aiding in these fraudulent activities thereby forcing them to reveal the identity of the criminals or face prosecution themselves?

I could understand if they just had a random bitcoin address that tracking these people would be difficult or imposable but having a coinbase account or a mtgox account is another story.

Who knows the law well enough to answer these questions?

-Thanks

Bitcoin has been defined as a currency in a American court during a case against pirate. If you contact coinbase with information about the scam they will probably help out with the police report but I doubt they will hand over the information directly to you.