What my brother and I really need right now is some help from some block chain sleuthers to help us find companies that the scammers ordered from.
Phoenix
1898wZEAmekD4JFNDZSz5Kvm6xujwm1DLr (44.65 btc)
1FxU9V7Jac4EBv8YNshMCZdCkpmUw7X8LX (7.14 btc)
Maui (Daryl)
1GzBFMvgrLYZRBVrjTV431pVDwT8CJM4Ed (8.9301 btc)
19Hbw5bwag6wjHGmHPvZ1zSPdjAY9GQHoo (8.8301 btc)
Perhaps 2 of us can take 1 of the four address and follow the transactions and make a spread sheet of where it all went?
The funds sent from the above addresses always end in one common address:
https://blockchain.info/address/1MLTfBmQ42eTSG5vr4JuSqfHeG13NuygDeThis address first appeared in the blockchain on 12/01/2014. This indicates the address was being used for other purposes rather than just to receive the misappropriate funds from the fraudulent scheme. The problem is to determine who had control of this address. This can be an address from an third-party wallet or from the Bitcoin client controlled by the fraudster. A Google search do not reveal any clue about the address.
I could verify the inputs and outputs from the related addresses to the above address, however this consumes a lot of time. Moreover, such investigation could lead to nowhere. It can be a completely waste of time.
What amaze me is that you already paid another random forum user to perform the investigation. It look like you did not learn anything from you mistakes. It shows you believe right away in every piece of information you come across. If you want proper results you should come to forum participants like me, which have an established history in this forum before you even know what was Bitcoin.