Agusto Croppo (sp?) is legally entitled to the reward, under the law of very state in the Union. He did everything that could be possibly expected under these circumstances to procure the return of the bitcoins.
Reward offers are legally binding (even if only verbal, and in this case they are in writing).
Apparently, Phoenix and Maui have decided to ignore the reward issue, in spite of the fact that they got exactly what they wanted as a result of their reward offer: The work of highly skilled computer experts to track their BTC (with no guarantee of success).
Time for the sleuths to get the real names of Phoenix and Maui so he can get his reward.
And BTW, this was pretty cool. The free market of ideas at work. Not pretty, but it works.
if the 'extorter" gives the btc back and it is community effort..how do you figure?..myself i'd give those involved a lump sum of not a 10% finder fee but 15% or maybe more...but 80% for a bunch of folks yelling and helping to get the btc back from the scammers.. 80% well ....imho that kinda beats up the people scammed...ie they lost btc then have to give most of btc back because the 'extorers' got cold feet..seems a very thin thread for 80% on such
heck that is too vague in my book but again this is what i'd do....the 10% or more finder fee should apply to all that helped according to their efforts..if it was just one or two guys only then i'd have to rethink the above and up the percentage ..maybe evne up to 80%..i don't have the facts
but man lose the btc...get a gift from god out of the blue refund by extorters.then have to give the 80 percent back..because users helped (could have been FBI for all we know) imho this is a streach..unless it just 1 guy or 2 guys who did most of the work (which could be i suppose)
(man am i gonna get slammed on this)
hey at least i'm truthful..keep this in mind when i get taken on something (hopefully co-ed stripper getttng my BTC ....a guy can dream)
Searing