Earliertoday,wewerecontactedbyFrankChaparroofTheBlockseekingcommentonastoryaboutanunnamedpersonopeningaBitfinexaccountfromNewYorkandthenwithdrawingdigitaltokensfromthataccount.
Wehavenowidentifiedthisuser.Wecorrectlyflaggedthisuser’sIPaddressasbeingintheU.S.NotwithstandingtheU.S.IPaddress—whichmaybeusedbyBitfinexcustomers,asappropriate—oursystemlogsdemonstratethatthisuserrepresentedtousseveraltimesthathewasnotanindividualresidentintheU.S.ThispersonhasliedtoBitfinexonmultipleoccasions,deliberatelyandwronglyconcealedhislocation,andflagrantlyviolatedourtermsofservice.
Wethinkit’sunfortunatethatMr.Chaparrowouldratherassociatehimselfwiththeseactionsthanactivelyattempttohelpusuncoverandpunishfraudulentbehaviouronourplatform.Thiskindof‘gotcha’stingalsospeaksvolumesabouthisandourotherdetractors’truemotivations.
Wehavedisabledtheaccountinvolvedinthiscase.Wereservetherighttoreportthisandotherfraudulentbehaviourstoappropriateauthorities.Finally,weremindUnitedStatespersonsthattheyarenotwelcomeonourplatformandthatwewillcontinuetotakeactiontoenforceourrightsandfulfillourlegalobligations.
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