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Discussion => Off topic => Topic started by: Jack N Hoff on July 02, 2013, 02:40 am

Title: Bitcoin millionaire knightmb from bitcointalk.org was caught and charged
Post by: Jack N Hoff on July 02, 2013, 02:40 am
This knightmb who had 317,000 bitcoins!  He was caught and charged for demanding a million dollars in bitcoins from Mitt Romney or he would release his private medical documents.  Supposedly he never even had any documents to begin with.

Knightmb supposedly donated most of his coins and made less than $200,000.

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Michael Mancil Brown, who allegedly called himself "Dr. Evil" on the internet, has been charged with six counts of extortion and six counts of wire fraud for attempting to extract $1 million in Bitcoins from Mitt Romney. During the election season, an anonymous "hacker" claimed to have gotten hold of the presidential candidate's tax forms by sneaking into his accountant's office. The hacker threatened to release the private documents if Romney didn't pay up. It didn't work. There is no evidence that Brown actually possessed the documents, which were a major subject of scrutiny during the campaign; the government claims Brown made the whole thing up. The original ransom note, posted on Pastebin.com, is no longer available.
Title: Re: Suspect who demanded 1 million in bitcoins from Mitt Romney was caught & charged
Post by: SOUTHPAW on July 02, 2013, 02:47 am
Jack, normally you give a link so it can be read in it's entirety. What gives? You slippinnnnnn. ;)
Title: Re: Suspect who demanded 1 million in bitcoins from Mitt Romney was caught & charged
Post by: Jack N Hoff on July 02, 2013, 02:51 am
Jack, normally you give a link so it can be read in it's entirety. What gives? You slippinnnnnn. ;)

I posted the entire contents.  I figured anyone could use google if they wanted and find another site with more information if there is one. ;D  I found it interesting but not interesting enough to go dig around the web.

Here---> http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/1/4483048/hacker-who-demanded-1-million-in-bitcoins-from-mitt-romney-charged
Title: Re: Suspect who demanded 1 million in bitcoins from Mitt Romney was caught & charged
Post by: Davey Jones on July 08, 2013, 02:02 am
The dude sounds like a real brainiac, he'll have 'time' now to hone his skills.