Leaving Freenode for a new network

Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network by marcan_42 on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @01:03PM (#27211395)

Apparently London Trust Media, the company founded by Andrew Lee and which purchased Freenode, has now rebranded under the name "Imperial Family Companies". londontrustmedia.com now redirects to https://imperialfamily.com/ and it lists Freenode under Technology.

Andrew Lee also claims to be the crown prince of Korea, which was no doubt the inspiration for this move: https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2020-12-0...

Lee also hired Mark Karpelès (of Mt.Gox infamy) as CTO of London Trust Media. and he is still listed as CTO of Shells.com, which is also owned by Imperial Family Companies: https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/team

Edit: Comment was moved, reworded to make it work in its new context.

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Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network by rideontime on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @01:37PM (#27211819)

As someone who followed the Magic: The Gathering Online eXchange drama as it unfolded, I'm amazed anyone would hire him for a technical role.

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Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network by edm0nd on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:03PM (#27212178)

If he lived anywhere else besides Japan, he would have done jail time for the amount of fraud he did. He deserved that and got off light IMO. Dude is a complete joke and useless.

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Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network by gerikson on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @04:05PM (#27213772)

He spent around 1 year in custody before being released on bail.

And he's sentenced to 30 months, suspended.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s#Arrest_and_...

From all I've read, custody before sentencing in Japan is no picknick.

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Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network by vmception on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @09:08PM (#27216275)

Given that he was sold a fractional reserve system without his knowledge and the US government revealed that BTC-E was the hacker that made it a fractional reserve

Doesnt that suggest him being sentenced at all was wrong and makes him a fall guy?

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Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network by NopeNotToday on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @01:26PM (#27211680)

londontrustmedia.com

I read that as "I on don't trust media" the first time.

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Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network by growt on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @01:41PM (#27211863)

Big mansion, made money with grey area internet services ... Anyone remember Kim dotcom?

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Re:Leaving Freenode for a new network by vmception on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @01:23PM (#27211646)

Any thoughts on these observations?

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