Best to steal from a crook

**DannyF1966** · 19 March 2015, 08:44

I was reading about this last night on reddit, it's all over /r/subredditdrama.

People on the original subreddits are extremely f'd off about it, and people on subredditdrama can't stop laughing

**DaveB** · 19 March 2015, 08:50

Originally posted by eek View Post

It's seems that the people who set up the most successfully replacement for the Silk Road Dark web internet site (the one where you could buy or sell heroin and similar things of ill repute) had a carefully thought through business plan.

Build the company up to a suitable size and make a break for it with all the Bitcoins contained within the market...

Admins from Silk Road successor, Evolution, reportedly vanish with millions in user funds | PandoDaily

The best bit is that stealing the money is a lesser crime in the US than running the site...

And they are hardly likley to be at the top of the FBI most wanted list.

"You want us to go after a couple of guys who stole a bunch of artifical electronic cash from a load of drug and illegal firearms dealers who are butthurt about losing their money? Yeah, we'll get right on that."

**NotAllThere** · 19 March 2015, 09:17

I wish I could of done more,” NSWGreat says,

With that kind of grammar, he deserves his losses.

**TykeMerc** · 19 March 2015, 09:56

Originally posted by DaveB View Post

And they are hardly likley to be at the top of the FBI most wanted list.

"You want us to go after a couple of guys who stole a bunch of artifical electronic cash from a load of drug and illegal firearms dealers who are butthurt about losing their money? Yeah, we'll get right on that."

Fair evaluation.

I'd guess that they will also enjoy finding the bits of the people who did the runner when their drug and weapon dealing defrauded customers catch up with them

Best to steal from a crook