Yeah, but Coinbase is regulated pretty strictly by the US government, and I'm kind of surprised that they'd do something like this.  With off-shore, unregulated exchanges I'd say most of them are engaged in some sort of shenanigans but Coinbase not only has a lot to lose but also has less of a chance of getting away with shady shit like this.  Very interesting.

I don't know about that; they've been seemingly honest as far as not scamming their customers.  You might see threads about their crappy customer service or people getting their accounts banned for trivial reasons, but there haven't been any credible claims that they've actually stolen from their customers.  Of course this new charge against them sort of shows that they're not squeaky clean.  I don't think any crypto exchange is.