he is now a proven fraudster, the ban certainly won't stop him to create a new account and starting all over again. that is the expected scenario. I even think he has already made a new account because of many neg tags on his current.
This is not enough for someone who stole $25k from a developing project, this is huge and it more than just tagging account he needs to be held responsible for his fraudulent dealings maybe the team should try to get in touch with Theymos to see how if it would be possible to get his ip logs for easy tracking. In some countries, $25k is enough to give you a better life with good business. Well it's up to the team, they wanted a cheap manager.
I totally agree with you @igehhh, I feel just the same way you feel, $25,000 is no small amount to ignore just like that, I mean in my country, we are talking about over 12.5 million, that's a lot of money and criminals have been either caught and jailed or caught and given a jungle justice for far smaller amount of money.
If truly the forum does not care or give a damn on how criminals like this on this forum can be caught and prosecuted, then I must sincerely say that this is a big minus on this forum and it's founders as this shows the forum doesn't really care about its users, and the sad story is that a scammer(knowing that all he or she gets is just a red or negative trust after scamming members here) won't hesitate or think twice before carry out his or her evil act.
He or she scams with an account,
Gets a red or negative trust,
Forgets about that account,
Creates a new account (even from the same ip since no one cares)
Repeats the same thing, and keep it going for as long as he or she can.
I really think that this should be looked into @Theymos (if ever you get to see this).