So has anyone, even one single person, actually done ANYTHING like calling the relevant authorities and/or reporting fraud or has this all just been a massive exercise in e-penis size comparison?
AFAIK, I'm the only one who's done anything so far (I MAY BE WRONG), little though it is. I sent a description of the problem and issues and a and link to this forum to ALL the reporters/admins at cryptocointalk.com and coinbase.com . No interest. I guess they either feel it isn't of large enough importance or that they don't want to roil the bitcoin waters any more and jeopardize the delicate coin environment. Or, it may be that they just didn't read my email at all.
I think there's enough information to go to reporters/newspapers in their locations in Norway and Estonia. I think that's easier than going to police, though I think that that is a necessary route, also. I've just arrived in Thailand from the States and I'm tired and off-hours to Euro. I think somebody Euro based should email/call the local news in Oslo and wherever in Estonia. Police also.
I'm not out anything, since my account was a collection of small coins (about 4 BTC worth), but I got them out, since they weren't holding back my specific coins. I'm only concerned with this on the macro level, hoping these scams being punished will help solidify the alt-coin world, keeping my mining rigs worth something, anything.
Let's go Euro-people!I'll be 100% behind you, or anyone else who can help prove that there was any crime committed here.
BUT....
The police will still think we're just complaining that someone stole our secret sword in some abstract WoW world. There is no crime here. There never was. The fact is: if BTC is the same as fiat currency, then we have a case. If it is not, and it is a revolutionary way of holding value and wealth, then the established means of law enforcement is USELESS. Learn your lesson. That is all.