This probably interests no one but I'm now fairly certain now that Eric Corlew (CreativeX; the scammer behind bASIC mining) was an alias used by Brett Corlew. Brett and Eric Corlew are one in the same person. Eric was a known alias of Brett Corlew according to this reference: https://mugshots.com/search.html?q=%20Brett%20Michael%20Corlew.

Looking further into this, it looks like he was killed in a motorcycle accident a few months back. (https://www.woodtv.com/news/kent-county/1-dead-after-crash-in-cutlerville/) "...a 51-year-old Grand Rapids man, was killed. He was identified Friday as Brett Corlew." This matches up with his DOB.

bASIC mining was one of many scams perpetuated through the guis of mining operations early on in bitcoin's history. I would have loved to hear his side of the story, but sadly I don't think that will ever happen.