Quote from: jongameson on February 13, 2014, 12:47:22 AM

Quote from: dddbtc on February 13, 2014, 12:43:59 AM

Quote from: jongameson on February 13, 2014, 12:32:42 AM

does that mean there is PTHC that *IS* legal?

PTHC refers to child pornography and files with filenames like that are definitely seeded by government agencies as a HoneyPot to catch child predators? What did you think you were downloading? Because I am a completely normal, law abiding citizen and even I understand that to stay away from files like that. On the internet PTHC stands for "pre-teen hardcore" child pornography.

SEEDED by government agencies? what about the fucking victims

i've of course referring to the CHILDREN
like ME

fucking FREE CITIZEN MY A$$!!!!!

Here's how a FBI/Interpol/etc would investigate a crime like this:

SickBastard69 is seeding file pthc-victim.zip/jpg (not a real file name for obvious reasons)

SickBastard69's account/torrent is reported as child pornography by a concerned citizen

Or one of the files matches against a known md5 in the big database of child porn most governments keeps for a collaborative effort to locate victims via facial recognition and md5 tracking

The government agency connects to the torrent and downloads all the files for further investigation.

They send an abuse/takedown email to the torrent tracker to report that SickBastard69 is sharing child porn.

They stay connected to the torrent until it is removed from the tracker in order to see the IP address of all peers connected to that particular torrent.

Moving forward:

I would be genuine and truthful during the course of this investigation.
If they have seized your devices, they are likely simply looking for more child porn on your HDD.
Tell them what you thought you were downloading, they don't care about any of the pirated movies on your HDD and they don't want your bitcoins.

After being honest and cooperating fully with their investigation, seek legal counsel and inform them about your bitcoins. They will tell you what your options for recourse are and will assist you to the best of their ability with getting your bitcoins back after their investigation is over.

But whatever you do, don't tell the feds that you have that many BTC on your HDD when you are talking to them.

Mr. Investigator might not think its a big deal to move your wallet.dat onto his flashdrive if he thinks you are a child molester or something.

Immediately lawyer-ing up doesn't imply guilt legally, but in this case I wouldn't take the chance.

If I have given you good advice and you end up getting your BTC back, please send one to 1G6cQM3R2sFk5nBjjnXE1o9EUxvDsnYes4