While I am waiting for authorization to post on this topic in the general forum, I thought I would share my experience.  On November 13th, 2013, I sent bitcoins to this scam site located out of Hong Kong, of course not knowing that they were bogus.  Since then, it has been confirmed that they were indeed a scam, and upon further information from Coinbase, I have tracked the address through blockchain and found that this guy made off with almost $1,000,000 USD worth of BTC.  Needless to say, there are many of us who are seeking criminal prosecution in this matter and have already started the ball rolling with the Hong Kong Police Department.  I would like to suggest that any people who had a similar experience join up with us and go to all necessary lengths to see this person prosecuted and possibly recover lost funds (not likely, but worth a shot).