PMing ateneto. Suggest anyone who wants to continue on with this do the same.

If the dude fucking cared about what he's stolen from any of us he'd have done the right thing by now.

We've lost.

On the bright side, Karma is a bitch. He'll get his.

Answered here.

The guy I spoke with suggested a John Doe suit in federal court. Unfortunately he wanted $10k to get from initial filing through subpoenas then evidently the defendant has the right to fight the subpoenas and the subpoenaed entities have 2-3 weeks to comply ... and eventually it'd be /possible/ that we wouldn't get the identity (but likely that we would).

Anyway, the $10k number was the real sticking point and wasn't anywhere near the identity bounty IF you could even get everyone who claimed they'd donate to do it.

Basically I'm out of ideas. Unless someone else has gotten better figures from another attorney or we get Reddit to donate Jamaican Bobsled Team-style to the cause, we're probably SOL.

It's been suggested we use IRC instead. I'm fine with it. Chime in if you have an opinion one way or another.

Trying to get everyone involved in to a Skype chat.

Hey - can we get everyone who's really involved with this to get in a group Skype chat? I think it'd make discussing some of this a lot easier.

I have another call with the lawyer today and expect we'll have some decisions to make and things to figure out.

Post your Skype username here or PM it to me and I'll add you.

Yeah thanks to those who stepped up! I actually am supposed to be talking with the lawyer sometime today.

Yes this is moving forward. Don't let the thread inactivity worry you. We've had multiple CA residents step up willing to be plaintiffs. I'm waiting to hear back from the lawyer on next steps and fees. I'm hoping at this point the people who have put up for the identification bounty are willing to put their DOGE towards the suit and subpoena(s). Maybe I'm wrong - I'm assuming we're all but guaranteed identification if we subpoena DigitalOcean.

No. I'm going to PM damiano and see if he's willing. Else I'll contact the lawyer and see what other states might work.

I did the same and got the same results as you. But I've gotten a bunch more domains since then to lookup (and I've since cancelled domaintools account). PMing you some domains (there's a reason to keep them out of the forums at this point).

Hate to keep cross posting but I don't want any of the users on this thread to miss this.

Someone from outside the cryptocurrency community contacted me tonight and had some really interesting things to say about Apsyon, its CEO's character, and prior attempts at theft.

I really encourage you guys to continue to attempt to make the connection between Apsyon and scryptpools if it exists.

Be responsible! We still have made no direct link to this individual.

Apsyon links:
doges.org profile: http://doges.org/index.php?action=profile;u=6092
linkedin apsyon: http://www.linkedin.com/company/apsyon-inc-
linkedin apsyon ceo: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/marc-seal/30/104/962
twitter: https://twitter.com/Apsyon
reddit: http://www.reddit.com/user/Kurcide
deviantart: http://dioxcyde.deviantart.com/
apsyon game: http://cryptogene.com/
apsyon game twitter: https://twitter.com/CryptoGene
unity3d forums profile: http://forum.unity3d.com/members/131151-Dioxide
unity3d forums latest posts: http://forum.unity3d.com/search.php?searchid=2240029
indie game forum post: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=27400.0;wap2

Apsyon aliases:
Dioxcyde
dioxide
Kurcide

In the meantime, we still need someone from CA to step up willing to put their name on a civil suit.

We are closing in on this thief!

For me it's not about recovering any money, just exposing the scammer. As it stands if this keeps happening 1) it's going to become an easy target for scammers and 2) we're never (at least often not) going to know if we can trust the pools we mine with.

If we identify him, not only can we expose him publicly, we can file an Internet Fraud complaint with the FBI. After that I don't really care what happens and I don't expect to retrieve any DOGE.

(cross-posted from the other thread)

Guys - we need someone from CA who got scammed to step up and be a plaintiff. As far as I know it's just a matter of putting your name on a legal document. Probably a short conversation with the lawyer for basic info. With that, we can get the subpoena(s) and identify Phonetic. I'm not sure how much further I can take it without someone to do this bit. Possibly the lawyer can use someone from another state. CA evidently has advantageous laws for this situation. Maybe there are other states, not as good as CA, but that are worth trying if we can't get someone from CA.

If you're willing to step up, PM me and let me know what state you live in.

Guys - we need someone from CA who got scammed to step up and be a plaintiff. As far as I know it's just a matter of putting your name on a legal document. Probably a short conversation with the lawyer for basic info. With that, we can get the subpoena(s) and identify Phonetic. I'm not sure how much further I can take it without someone to do this bit. Possibly the lawyer can use someone from another state. CA evidently has advantageous laws for this situation. Maybe there are other states, not as good as CA, but that are worth trying if we can't get someone from CA.

If you're willing to step up, PM me and let me know what state you live in.

If anyone who's been scammed lives in California is willing to be a plaintiff on this, please PM me or respond on this linked thread.

Is there anyone who's been scammed and lives in California (preferably San Francisco) willing to be a plaintiff on this? Evidently, California law is advantageous for this type of thing.

I'm in touch with an attorney who specializes in Internet fraud and who also has an interest in cryptocurrency. He's potentially willing to give us a break on the John Doe complaint.

With that we can get the subpoena(s).

Nice. I've also talked to a lawyer friend locally that claims could get their firm's services discounted. Personally I'm hoping that amount up for identification bounty is enough to cover filing the suit and issuing the subpoena to get the identity. Beyond that continuing with a civil suit probably doesn't make sense but then there's the criminal Internet fraud route.

Would someone be willing to contact the above firm? I'll see if I can get a price out of my friend.