Quote from: Rassah on September 08, 2011, 04:53:39 PM

Quote from: Colargol on September 08, 2011, 04:42:22 PM

Quote from: Rassah on September 08, 2011, 04:27:36 PM

Regardless of what he may have done in the past, his show still provides a great forum to discuss Bitcoin news and for business types to announce their new ideas and products. So I still support him and am glad he's continuing to do the show. Frankly, I think he has done way more for bitcoin and its surrounding businesses than most people here, scammer or not.

His show provides a great forum for him to continue to scam people. What ever good he may have done (and I don't think his pump and dump ways did Bitcoin any good, although some speculators may have made some money ) has gone right out the window. For him to continue to act like some spokesman will continue to harm Bitoin's rep when people find out about his scams and associate that with Bitcoin itself.

Finally, one thing that was never answered is, even if the court found his business to be scamming people, there has never been a description/explanation of how the scam is supposed to have worked. Specifically, there is no mention of how he planned to actually get away with having people send him money and not provide them with any services, without him even bothering to run or hide with the money. Makes me think the scam was either the stupidest planned scam ever, or the stupidest business fuck up ever.

Which might be why he fled the state and didn't attend any of his own hearings. The scam was supposed to work because the victims had supposedly signed away their rights by acknowledging that there was no guarantee for the services provided. Of course, such a contract is illegal, but a scammer counts on his marks not being smart enough to recognize that and just think "Oh shucks, at least they tried" when they never did.