Moolah Scam on Mintpal and Missing Funds

Moolah CEO & Mintpal V2 scammer: Ryan Kennedy aka Alex Green

SysCoin claim: Kennedy Arrested

Info on claims to the liquidator...

Contact @ Avon & Somerset Police...

VICE: The guy who ruined Dogecoin

Moolah in court: Day Zero

Mintpal owner Ferdous Bhai speaks

MintpalJustice.com

...starting legal action against Moolah CEO

...Green aka Ryan Gentle still has 4000 BTC and $ from another 1500 BTC

...removed ~3,900 BTC from Mintpal V1's cold wallet

...Cashing out via Natwest bank account

...Identity theft of 'Alex Green' alias

...Chances of getting BTC back 'very likely'

...Donate legal fees for Mintpal's takedown of Ryan Gentle (verified)

...More on helping Mintpal to regain control to return BTC

DOGE Creator Ben Doernberg: The Moolah Story

...Exposing scam artist Ryan Gentle aka Alex Green

...analysis: Trail of DOGES

Former Moo employee Eoghan Hayes tells all

...3700 BTC 'lodged into a personal account of Ryan Kennedy'

...Questions Bankruptcy after 750 BTC MoolahPIE fundraiser

...SYSCoin team 'missing approximately 750 BTC'

...Green 'in complete control of the Mintpal system'

...Fires Staff

...CCN article

Moo COO Landon Merrill: 'no evidence of any wrongdoing by Moolah at this time'

...Claims 'no involvement in Mintpal'

...Became Moo's 'Public Face' so that Green could remain 'more anonymous'

...Evades questions, had 'some concerns about a few things'

Moo CEO Alex Green aka Ryan Kennedy Responds

...Denies 'vast majority' of allegations, claims name 'legally changed'

...Claims Moo core platform 'bleeding funds' due to 'bug'

...Claims 'large amounts of capital went missing', announced bankruptcy, VC rescue then 'pulled out' due to 'PR backlash'

...Confirms vol. liquidation, claims Moo already 'running out of reserves', full details in 'very near future'

...'shocked and upset'...'no criminal wrongdoing'

...Mintpal withdrawals will 'continue to be processed until all wallets are depleted'

Tracking the stolen funds!

Green emptied Mintpal V1 BTC Cold Wallet...

Green selling the BTC on LocalBitcoins...

Selling cheap on Ebay?

Chris Ellis: Crowd sourced investigation into Mintpal/Moolah using Github and the Blockchain

...More from the Blockchain

...Details

...Funds tracked to BitStamp? Update: Bitstamp say not their address.

NEWS

• 3700 Stolen BTC 'Likely in Hands of' Alex Green
• Syscoin's 750 BTC missing from Moolah, starts legal action...
• Yahoo News: 'accusations of fraud and criminal activity'
• PC Mag: 'theft, fraud claims'
• CoinGecko Co-Founder: MintPal is 'lost cause'
• New sources verify Green's 'former scammer identity'
• DOGE creators: Green 'well known internet scammer'
• Moopay files for bankruptcy
• Backtracks...Mintpal back 'within the next day'
• DOGE creator on Moopay bankruptcy - 'sad...'
• Green threatened Dogecoin creators...
• Changed name by deed poll...

OFFICIAL STATEMENTS

• Moolah acquires Mintpal!
• Green Launches V2!
• Shuts down V2, files for bankruptcy!
• ...denies acquisition
• ...resigns
• ...still Tweeting!
• Claims Alts worth 2065 BTC returned
• Allegations '...are getting rather ridiculous'
• ...claims to have been 'in another country for 2 weeks'

MOOLAH

• Team structure
• Moolah holding 250 BTC Syscoin escrow
• ..accused of Ponzi scheme
• ..former employee speaks
• ..sys admin distances: 'It wasn't me'
• Ongoing legal action
• Total funds worth 5,200 BTC missing

LINKS

• Moolah Twitter
• Mintpal
• Moola Reddit
• Mintpal Twitter
• Moolah.io
• blog.moolah.io
• trade.moolah.io

ACTION

• UK CyberCrime Action Fraud +44-300-123-2040
• HM Courts & Tribunals MoneyClaim

MOOLAH CEO

• DOGE exposes: Ryan Kennedy
• ...leaks video
• ...ID confirmed on Twitter
• ...Change of name deed
• ...'solicited more than 750 BTC' from DOGE users
• '10 years of scamming' (NSFW)
• ...2013: Multiple aliases & companies...
• ...2012: Ryan Kennedy
• ...2006: Ryan Gentle
• Started fundraiser for 'mental health awareness'
• 'taking money from trusting members'
• StopRyan @ BlogSpot
• StopRyan.org
• ...hacked!
• BCT User: Lemon
• ...accused of 'taking over 500 BTC'
• ...defaulted on loan
• ...again
• LemonadeDev 'hero of usenet'
• BTCFaucet posts
• Court: 12 months restraining order
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

MINTPAL ACQUISITION

• Moopay Ltd 'acquires' Mintpal
• Green: '...acquisition'
• Mintpal owner: 'sold to Moopay Ltd'
• Green now: 'we do not own it'

COMPANIES

• Mintpal Ltd
• Moopay Ltd
• Moolah.io Inc. - US subsiduary
• Torihiki Ltd – Holding Company

PAPER TRAIL

• Mintpal Ltd: Special Resolution
• Torihiki Ltd – Incorporation doc
• ...Green owns 48%
• ...claims Torihiki has 'ended all association' with MintPal.

(thanks to everyone who provided info)

INFO:

If you have missing funds from the recent Mintpal / Moolah debacle, please report it here. And if you want to, say how many are missing. Then if you have any luck getting missing coins back, please share too.

The goal of this thread is to provide a place where people can share info on the Mintpal situation openly and without censorship or filtering so we can build an accurate picture of what's really happening.

If we can get enough information and people together, we can get a criminal investigation started to see what really happened and maybe recoup funds.

Please repost this thread, first we need information as to what the picture is on how many coins have gone missing.

NOTE: Coins need to be 'left on an exchange' in orders so you can buy/sell coins or there wouldn't be any liquidity, and for users with high trade volume this can be a lot, there is no blame in this. Even people who take precautions loose coins when exchanges go bad, implying all users are careless when they have money stolen doesn't help anybody.

REPORTING GUIDELINES:

Update: I am not updating the figures right now as too hard to match any returned funds to previous reports that they were missing, but please keep reporting so the missing funds are documented in the thread and the information is on record.

Some alts have been returned but BTC still missing, and many people still have zero balances, can't withdraw or can't login, and as usual support tickets are being completely ignored by Moolah and they won't provide any actual details on the real situation.

Once we know whether Green is going to return the missing BTC, I will start generating the report on that so we can do a final tally of what is missing.

Thanks

MISSING COINS REPORT #1:

(From when Mintpal V2 was taken offline due to 'critical bug')


# USERS REPORTING: 97 out of 70,000

TOTAL MISSING (IN BTC)      412.89   BTC

MISSING BY COIN:

BTC   167.28
DRK   4,501
XMR   8,681
KARM   306,286,000
TES   107,532
EMC2   250,000
DOGE   4,305,000
CINNI   119,796
UTC   29,629
WC   961,322
SYS   99,250
CLOAK   6,600
FLT   4,181,584
BC   31,600
ENRG   1,501,000
MYR   5,407,000
USDE   180,000
PND   76,950,000
LTC   33
FAIR   25,000
ARI   792,679
SAT2   12,000
CAIX   9,159
MIN   9,600
CRYPT   1,000
VRC   10,432
XC   5,052
SDC   150
UNO   255
HIRO   3,356,699
MZC   1,300,000
SUPER   30,000

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