I replied in another thread on this issue, but I urge anyone who has payed with wire transfer to contact HSBC and their bank and report the fraud. I recovered over 5000USD from Simon when this all started over 6 months ago.

If anyone has any questions let me know.

I will say anyone who has paid using any type of wire transfer needs to contact HSBC and their bank immediately and report a fraud case. This is how I got my money back.

I had Simon calling me literally 5 times a day because HSBC had him by the balls and would not release any of his funds until I gave the all clear on my end.

It was pretty entertaining to say the least. On a serious note I want to say that i am very sorry to hear that he is still not honoring his word and helping you guys. When I finally got his account off lockdown for him he asked how he could compensate me. I told him to take care of his customers... I guess he is failing.

After submitting my fraud case to HSBC and Chase I think I more or less have Simon by the balls. I am trying to close the case with my bank as I now have the funds but I think HSBC is now up his a$$ after everything came to light.

I am trying to resolve the issue so he can resume business with Chase. He has been messaging and calling me incessantly asking me to resolve this. I am doing my best, but Simon dug his own grave on this one. I will get it resolved but not for Simon, I will do it to help the rest of you who are still in the game.

From what it sounds like he needs to get his priorities straight.

If anyone would like to call him he has been using a California phone number: 661-748-0240

Anyone who is looking for a refund and has paid with wire transfer should submit a fraud claim to HSBC as well as their own bank.

The day after I did this was the day Simon came out of the woodwork.

Feel free to call him at 661-748-0240. He probably didn't want that that number to get out to the public but i don't really care about what he wants as he doesn't seem to care much about the rest of us.

Got my money refunded yesterday... all of it.

Thanks Simon, try to take better care of the rest of these guys who decide to stay in the game.

I got my refund yesterday. I wonder what sparked the bump in service...

Id rather just take my money back... what a joke...

I can have an Antminer S3+ shipped out tomorrow for roughly the same price point.

Glad it took this long to say they were delayed on shipping... I think I am still going to ask for a refund. At the very least I am keeping all of my reports open and will keep feeding information to those looking to follow up on this guy.

This is not how you operate your business when 100's of thousands of dollars are on the line...

Well well well, look who has surfaced

I put out requests to coindesk, altcoin news, and cryptocoin news asking for some coverage on the issue.

They might do something if they see more than one person pressing this issue.

I have added a spreadsheet to help track the information of those who have purchased from HASHRA.

There are a lot of blanks that need to be filled in and many claims that need to be still need to filed. Thanks

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_A1m8AhKuQcitLWbAy0SxP7G0j6OUFKSchHyW1tiuUE/edit?usp=sharing

I have submitted an email to the authorities as suggested by HSBC.

I would suggest everyone else do the same. Here is the message I sent to them.

To: crimeinformation@police.gov.hk

Subject: Internet Sales Fraud - HASHRA LTD Hong Kong Company Registration Number: 2041737

Body:

Hello,

I and many other individuals have recently been the target of an online sales fraud scheme by the company HASHRA Limited.

They offered several products for the sale with the intent of shipping by September 20th and the intent to refund and buyers by the 15th of October if the items cannot be shipped.

HASHRA is operated and owned by a Mr. Simon Bright and has a company website www.hashra.com.

Their Hong Kong location information according to their website is:

Hong Kong:
Level 9, Central Building
1-3 Pedder Street, Central
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Company Registration Number: 2041737

A thread has been formed to allow users to post their complaints and information about how/what they have purchased from HASHRA. It is located here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822750.0;all

Additional information about the company's track record can be found in this forum thread, including relevent information about Simon Bright and his current involvement. It can be found here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=601217.msg9176769#msg9176769

The company has willingly accepted money and has since ceased communication with customers and has not provided any information regarding refunds or shipment of any products.

Please let me know if there is any other information I can provide to you.

Thank You,
Josh

I purchased with back transfer, I included all of my bank info with my report.

I was also sent an email from HSBC Hong Kong which said the following:

Dear Mr Toman

Thank you for your e-mail of 13 October 2014 regarding a suspected fraud
account.

If you had made the payment, please provide us with the transaction
details for our reference.

- Name of Remitter
- Name of Remitting Bank
- Date of the Transaction
- Transaction Amount and Currency

If you would like to cancel the payment and recall the fund, please
contact your Remitting Bank to make formal request. The remitting bank
can send us the request via proper channel. However, if the fund was
already credited into the beneficiary’s account, the success of return
fund will heavily depend on the beneficiary's decision. Please note that
the bank is required to obtain beneficiary’s consent for refund.

If you suspect that it is a fraud case, you can report this to your
local authority and/or Hong Kong Police for an appropriate action. The
following are the contact details of Hong Kong Police:

Police Hotline: (852) 2527 7177
By e-mail: crimeinformation@police.gov.hk
By mail: PO BOX 999 General Post Office Hong Kong
By fax: (852)-2520 2828

Yours sincerely

Commercial Banking

************************************************************
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
whose registered address is 1 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong
************************************************************
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If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward, disclose
or use any part of it. If you have received this message in error,
please delete it and all copies from your system and notify the
sender immediately by return e-mail.

Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely,
secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability
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"SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT!"

You have been ripped off. No company in any other environment would be allowed to operate like this or they would be out of business.

If you have not received a product or a refund then you should be in the group that is trying to get some kind of reimbursment.

Please continue submitting claims to your local authorities and either PM the number to me or post it in the thread. You can remain anonymous if you would like, however I feel the power we have will be based on our numbers.

Anything on this... this would be the first time we have heard anything regarding the orders.

Thank you for your responses. I will begin compiling the data.

Please update your posts with your case numbers as you submit them. We need to begin raising flags to help gain awareness of the issue.

Thanks

Please check this new thread out for those with HASHRA orders.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822750.msg9193570#msg9193570

Please check this new thread out for those with HASHRA orders.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822750.msg9193570#msg9193570

I am looking to generate a list of potential buyers who have purchased one of HASHRA's new Moonraker or ASTRO miners. I will be building a case to hopefully begin sometime of litigation process against Simon Bright and his HASHRA organization for defrauding buyers.

I have already filed reports with the following authorities:

United States:

https://complaint.ic3.gov/default.aspx

IC3 Complaint: I1410121225127641

United Kingdom

www.actionfraud.police.uk:

National Crime Reference Number: NFRC141000793999

Submitted by user suresync:         NFRC141000796740

Submitted by user onefix:             NFRC141000801205

Submitted by user dafky2000:       NFRC141000802650

Submitted by user Develop:          NFRC141000801250

Submitted by user kalps:              NFRC141000803431

Hong Kong

http://www.police.gov.hk/ppp_en/02_er_room/

Direct Link
https://secure1.info.gov.hk/police/eforms/report_cyber_crime_en.php

Hong Kong Consumer Council Complaint:

https://www.consumer.org.hk/cc-complaint/index.php?lang=en


I would suggest referencing the above reference numbers as well as including yours in the posting. If we can create a large enough network of these filings it may help trigger some type of action.

Please see this forum thread for reference information regarding Simon Bright's most current contact information:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=601217.580

Please reference it when you submit your report.

Here is the bank information that you can reference in the report:

Beneficiary Bank: HSBC Hong Kong
Beneficiary Bank Address: 1 Queens Road Central, Hong Kong
Country: Hong Kong
Name of Account Holder: HASHRA Limited
Account Number (IBAN): 652303793838
Bank Code: 004
Swift Code (BIC): HSBCHKHHHKH

Here is HASHRA's registered Addresses, business ID numbers, and contact information:

HASHRA Limited

London:
1st Floor, 6-8 Bonhill Street
London, EC2A 4BX.
United Kingdom
UK Company Registration Number: 08828755

Hong Kong:
Level 9, Central Building
1-3 Pedder Street, Central
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Company Registration Number: 2041737

Here is Simon A. Bright's Most Recent Contact information:

Simon Bright
39A Prairie Street
London, London SW8 3PL
United Kingdom
+44 7941159485

Email:
info@hashra.com

If you are located in another country other than the ones listed above please file a report with your local authorities and paste a link to the website you used and the ID number of the report so others may reference it.

I understand that he has two more days to 'technically' refund our money but considering the lack of communication for almost a month and no other indications that development of the described products is even occurring it would be safe to presume that willingly sending out refunds is just wishful thinking.

I would like to see Bitcoin succeed and it will have a hard time gaining ground if individuals/companies do not stand by their word. Thank you for your support

EDIT 10/17/2014 I have added a spreadsheet to help track all of the information please update it if you have new information to add.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_A1m8AhKuQcitLWbAy0SxP7G0j6OUFKSchHyW1tiuUE/edit?usp=sharing

Quite possible that you are right, but stealing all of that money and getting away with it? I find it difficult to sit by and just let it happen and then forget about it like it never did.