Good point about gold purity test he he!
I know a person who was mining and never gave his details on a KYC exchange.
PAMP VERISCAN is pretty safe tho.
Also you don't have to physically carry around / move the gold if you know what you are doing.
1 OZ bars are pretty small also, nice price per weight ratio.
However unless your assets values for less than 100 000 euros /usd, it is not worth it to pay rent for a safe.
I am interested in the Russian article, as i know Russian very well.
Thanks for the discussion.
This is not a 1 man operation, it is an organized crime ring.
I asked some security folks and they told me FBI won't care, unless the crypto-theft is for more than 100K. (ic3.gov)
Same goes for Europol. I have alerted all CSIRT and CIRT teams about this, FBI and NSA were also informed.
However 10 mil puts a big target on the scammer's forehead and a lot of agencies will be monitoring for them.
maybe even rougue agents on local p2p markets could turn up for such sums.
i would also consider hiring a hitman if i was on the side of the firm that is being extorted for 10 mil
i think for 10 mil you can get some retard hacker killed, he only needs to make a mistake and reveal his identity