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Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister

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Re: Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister

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Justin Sun and Do Kwon are [edit for clarity: among] the worst of the space, so IMO, this represents a crackdown on scammers not on the ecosystem. Everyone should like this, even me :)

> Justin Sun and Do Kwon are the worst of the space... Among the worst, I would say; the other three top spots go to Sam Bankman Fried of FTX, Changpeng Zhao of Binance, and whatever specter is running Tether.

I get SBF, that's easy. And Tether. But why is Changpeng Zhao a bad actor? Legitimate question, not trying to be a crypto apolegist)

Re: Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister

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> Have you ever been in a jail cell? Almost every day in the US you see someone who decides to go out with guns blazing rather than go back. ... what? Who are these people going out in a blaze of glory rather than returning to prison? Considering there are millions of ex-cons, many who will be repeat offenders, we should be seeing many more of these people going out "guns blazing" rather than returning to prison, yea…

google 'felon warrant fires police' I'm honestly shocked I'm forced to even cite that this happens. Although I suppose if someone has lived in America and made it to adulthood without acknowledging the stories they aren't going to be convinced.

I don’t think that search result would support your statement.

Re: Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister

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post #44

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Justin Sun and Do Kwon are [edit for clarity: among] the worst of the space, so IMO, this represents a crackdown on scammers not on the ecosystem. Everyone should like this, even me :)

As someone working in the space since 2014, there is a much longer list. DYOR.

Probably starting with everyone involved in Tether and BitFinex...

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> Justin Sun and Do Kwon are the worst of the space... Among the worst, I would say; the other three top spots go to Sam Bankman Fried of FTX, Changpeng Zhao of Binance, and whatever specter is running Tether.

I get SBF, that's easy. And Tether. But why is Changpeng Zhao a bad actor? Legitimate question, not trying to be a crypto apolegist)

Start with the Tai Chi documents. [1] They've been kicked out of half the major jurisdictions in the world.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/10/29/l...

Re: Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister

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You might need to update estimations about Transnistria's mid-term availability

Weev went to transnistria, stayed the 1 year it takes to get the passport, and then somehow is living in Ukraine off that passport despite the fact it isn't even recognized by Ukraine. There's also several other 'microstates' that recognize Transnistria's passport, so presumably once you have it you can stay in one of those places. If a fugitive doesn't mind living in a bumfuck mountain or desert with nothing but a c…

Is he actually still in Ukraine? Google says he was living in Kharkiv, but given it became a front-line city, I doubt he would've stayed.

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The general rule of thumb, is that, if it's nonviolent, and less than ten years, it's Camp Cupcake (minimum security -no walls). If it's over a decade, or violent/escape risk, then it's Leavenworth. I've known folks that have done both.

The lesson learned from Ross Ulbricht is that there's a good chance it's Leavenworth for non-violent internet crime. Edit: per usual folks come out of the woodwork to accuse Ross of murder-for-hire despite the fact he was not convicted of any murder related charge, only generic conspiracies for which the overt act could have been a number of options (such as drug distribution). The jury never specifically said the ov…

Ross literally hired hitmen to kill someone who owed him money.

The fact that he didn’t know it was an undercover agent (pro tip if you hire a hit man and you aren’t customarily in ‘that life’ you are always hiring an undercover agent) is irrelevant.

He still required and received ‘proof’ of the deed, a photo of the aftermath, staged of course.

He was even cold blooded with the ‘collateral damage’ of the intended victims family being home when the hit was to go down.

All this was taken into account at sentencing.

The attempt to whitewash Ross into a sympathetic internet hero figure like Aaron Swartz is transparent and wrong.

Re: Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister

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You might need to update estimations about Transnistria's mid-term availability

Weev went to transnistria, stayed the 1 year it takes to get the passport, and then somehow is living in Ukraine off that passport despite the fact it isn't even recognized by Ukraine. There's also several other 'microstates' that recognize Transnistria's passport, so presumably once you have it you can stay in one of those places. If a fugitive doesn't mind living in a bumfuck mountain or desert with nothing but a c…

You could do worse, sounds like a retreat. :-)

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Weev went to transnistria, stayed the 1 year it takes to get the passport, and then somehow is living in Ukraine off that passport despite the fact it isn't even recognized by Ukraine. There's also several other 'microstates' that recognize Transnistria's passport, so presumably once you have it you can stay in one of those places. If a fugitive doesn't mind living in a bumfuck mountain or desert with nothing but a c…

Not gonna lie, I thought Transnistria was a fictional place based on a play of words on "transit". What is it?

A narrow little breakaway state that used to be and/or still is part of Moldova. It borders Moldova and Ukraine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria

Re: Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister

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Weev went to transnistria, stayed the 1 year it takes to get the passport, and then somehow is living in Ukraine off that passport despite the fact it isn't even recognized by Ukraine. There's also several other 'microstates' that recognize Transnistria's passport, so presumably once you have it you can stay in one of those places. If a fugitive doesn't mind living in a bumfuck mountain or desert with nothing but a c…

Not gonna lie, I thought Transnistria was a fictional place based on a play of words on "transit". What is it?

A breakaway part of Moldova, broadly aligned with Russia and/or the former USSR

Re: Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro: Interior Minister

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If he flew from Serbia to Montenegro it would have just been completely dumb, crossing the land border would have been much safer for him. I suspect he was trying to leave for somewhere very far away but his Passport did not fool the airport staff

Where very far away? There are fine destinations: Belgrade, Istanbul, Vienna, Manchester, Varna (Bulgaria). I wouldn't say any of them were a particularly smart choice.

Istanbul might not be an awful shout tbh, though if I was wanted internationally and I'd successfully entered somewhere Montenegro I'd probably sit tight for a while. It's a small country, but it's quite nice and you could probably fly under the radar for a while if you kept your nose clean.
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