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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: george48 on February 11, 2012, 04:09 pm

Title: Bruce Wagner? buying Bitcoins from new york?
Post by: george48 on February 11, 2012, 04:09 pm
I was researching this guy because he seems way eager to sell bitcoins I am a newby but I wonder if prehaps he got busted & now is trying to sell bitcoins with the LE behind him & following his sales traffic to trace transactions?

I am just not feeling comfort dealing with this way of getting bitcoins!


YOUR THOUGHTS??


One more question does everyone encrypt there name & address when placing an order?? It is not true the SR is already encrypted??

THANKS


Bruce Wagner and the Bitcoin Scam
September 1, 2011 1:37 PM   Subscribe
Has Bruce Wagner pulled off a massive scam on the bitcoin community? Bruce Wagner was for a time the public face of the new electronic currency. He was the go-to guy for journalists looking for insight into bitcoin. He even began running his own online TV network which attracted multiple sponsors. Now, things have begun to unravel for Wagner. MyBitcoin was a bitcoin bank Wagner had heavily promoted on his shows. One day, it vanished from the Internet. When it returned, MyBitcoin claimed to have been hacked and that it was only able to refund 49% of deposits. Wagner's early promotion and history of involvement in equity stripping mortgage scams has led to suspicion that he is somehow involved in MyBitcoin, despite claiming to be one of the biggest victims.

Angry posters on the bitcoin forums Wagner frequents have begun to spread even worse rumors about Wagner's past.

The viability of the currency itself remains in question as it has never matched the all time highs achieved during the bitcoin media blitz. The exchanges such as Mt.Gox which handle converting bitcoins into real money have faced repeated security challenges which have left the bitcoin market in chaos.

Criminal uses for the anonymous currency may save it, but for now it has lost one of its best spokesmen.

(via Reddit and SomethingAwful)
posted by furiousxgeorge (448 comments total) 17 users marked this as a favorite
Title: Re: Bruce Wagner? buying Bitcoins from new york?
Post by: Angelology on February 11, 2012, 04:49 pm
I was researching this guy because he seems way eager to sell bitcoins I am a newby but I wonder if prehaps he got busted & now is trying to sell bitcoins with the LE behind him & following his sales traffic to trace transactions?

I am just not feeling comfort dealing with this way of getting bitcoins!


YOUR THOUGHTS??


One more question does everyone encrypt there name & address when placing an order?? It is not true the SR is already encrypted??

THANKS


Bruce Wagner and the Bitcoin Scam
September 1, 2011 1:37 PM   Subscribe
Has Bruce Wagner pulled off a massive scam on the bitcoin community? Bruce Wagner was for a time the public face of the new electronic currency. He was the go-to guy for journalists looking for insight into bitcoin. He even began running his own online TV network which attracted multiple sponsors. Now, things have begun to unravel for Wagner. MyBitcoin was a bitcoin bank Wagner had heavily promoted on his shows. One day, it vanished from the Internet. When it returned, MyBitcoin claimed to have been hacked and that it was only able to refund 49% of deposits. Wagner's early promotion and history of involvement in equity stripping mortgage scams has led to suspicion that he is somehow involved in MyBitcoin, despite claiming to be one of the biggest victims.

Angry posters on the bitcoin forums Wagner frequents have begun to spread even worse rumors about Wagner's past.

The viability of the currency itself remains in question as it has never matched the all time highs achieved during the bitcoin media blitz. The exchanges such as Mt.Gox which handle converting bitcoins into real money have faced repeated security challenges which have left the bitcoin market in chaos.

Criminal uses for the anonymous currency may save it, but for now it has lost one of its best spokesmen.

(via Reddit and SomethingAwful)
posted by furiousxgeorge (448 comments total) 17 users marked this as a favorite
So are you trying to buy BTC, or just sharing a useless story with us? I don't get it.
Title: Re: Bruce Wagner? buying Bitcoins from new york?
Post by: george48 on February 11, 2012, 08:09 pm
 Sorry your having a bad day - Be kind on this forum!

I am asking if anyone has information on this gentleman or experience with him?
Prehaps if others are buying from him & selling (LARGE QUANTITIES) through him & this is his way of saving himself - I am trying to bring this out in the open-

What not to get?



Title: Re: Bruce Wagner? buying Bitcoins from new york?
Post by: CrunchyFrog on February 12, 2012, 06:59 am
Quote from: george48
I was researching this guy because he seems way eager to sell bitcoins I am a newby but I wonder if prehaps he got busted & now is trying to sell bitcoins with the LE behind him & following his sales traffic to trace transactions?  I am just not feeling comfort dealing with this way of getting bitcoins!...
He was found guilty of running a fraudulent mortgage lending company about five years ago.  He scammed over seventy-five homeowners in foreclosure out of about $1,500 each.  There's a thread [ dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=7536.msg69091#msg69091 ] about him here in the Security subforum.