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Re:FBI Looking for Hashflare Victims by alasdair_ on Friday January 06, 2023 @06:13PM (#34282734)
I do wonder what the difference between running a bitcoin ponzi scheme and a ponzi scheme in Eve Online for Plex is.

The claim that Plex isn’t allowed to be traded for real money seems irrelevant since there is nothing in the bitcoin spec that allows trading for real money either.

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Re:FBI Looking for Hashflare Victims by JCharante on Friday January 06, 2023 @08:20PM (#34283951)
What large scale ponzi schemes existed in Eve? The only big money making schemes were casinos and betting sites.

Oh now I understand your question. It’s totally in-game legal to run a ponzi scheme in Eve but no one actually gets prosecuted for it.

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Re:FBI Looking for Hashflare Victims by alasdair_ on Saturday January 07, 2023 @05:50PM (#34293848)
“Zzzz Best” was one - http://www.wirm.net/nightfreeze/part1.html

Also, the name of the company was hilarious.

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Re:FBI Looking for Hashflare Victims by alasdair_ on Saturday January 07, 2023 @06:44PM (#34294321)
Err, actually, that was the wrong scam. I do remember a different one that had a website investors would go to to see fake “profits” though.
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