He specifically published an announcement on his pool that would take a lot of coins and people worked for him for a week, not suspecting that it was a hoax - " All mined between 20/10/18 and 27/10/18 will be payed after 27/10. Vacation time! DELAYED PAYMENT, NOT STEALED!"
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