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Re: The curious case of user 🏰 TradeFortress 🏰
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xtraelv
on 21/12/2021, 09:39:37 UTC
⭐ Merited by GazetaBitcoin (1) ,suchmoon (1) ,Lucius (1) ,nutildah (1)
Quote from: suchmoon on December 20, 2021, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: igehhh on December 20, 2021, 06:29:53 PM
Has there ever been a case of a Bitcointalk scammer going to jail?

pirateat40 / Bitcoin Savings and Trust: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bitcoin-fraud-texas-idUSKCN1012W8
GAW / Homero Garza: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/09/man-who-swindled-9m-in-wannabe-bitcoin-ponzi-scheme-headed-to-prison/
Bitconnect scammers might get there as well: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/16/us-selling-seized-cryptocurrency-in-bitconnect-fraud-case.html

Other notables that went to jail.

Knightmb for the extortion of Mitt Romney https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4547124.0 (account no longer with original owner)
Alexander Vinnik was tracked down for the MtGox theft laundering because of this deleted post on bitcointalk. (external link http://archive.is/6cFcY )
Mark Karpeles for the failure of MtGox https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4412667.0 (although I consider him more of a victim of circumstances)