Sadly, it did for the ctsminer scam. They appear to have bagged about $100k from forum members
If anyone is good at internet forensics or blockchain analysis, drop into these two threads and see if you can help out:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=429513
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=432716
Fucking hell, I don't know about fraud and who was responsible for that, but what's being said about Pheonix over in one of those threads is definitely libel. What the fuck happens to people on internet forums? Do they think they can write what they like, call people dodgy and scammers and ruin their reputation like that?
Without proof, that's gonna get you into a whole heap of trouble.