Thanks for the idea..Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyde
Thanks for the idea..Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyde
Calling yourself coke head when everyone knows Druff drinks Pepsi was fucking brilliant. Threw almost everyone off. The ruse might have been more believable if you went with either Apple Juice or Not Autistic though.......Quote:
Originally Posted by CokeheadNot this shit again. Ive posted plenty of personal shit before having nothing to do w/Micon but whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord of the Fraud
I work during radio but if its so important I will call on 1 of my breaks if it makes u sleep better.
No chance Cokehead is Druff. Cokehead is usually up in Micon's nuts.
LOL AT SENDING BTC TO COINBASE....REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO MT.GOX?
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Originally Posted by Tyde
http://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/group.php?groupid=1
shout out ^^^^^
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Originally Posted by jacosta24
Lewfather, I have no beef with you and I am not going to start one. I'll leave it at this. I didn't know about coinbase. If everyone knew and not me, then "fuck me" I guess. I just had chips on the site and had a coinbase account from a couple years ago that I never used. Just thought there would be others who could be in the same situation. Sorry for bringing it up!
9/5 odds on Micon wearing his Hoosiers T-shirt in his mug shot one day
I have no idea what the fuck coin base is. It sounds like where all the nerds huddle up to collect arcade money
Surprised he didn't try and convince you to go with him down there.Quote:
Originally Posted by SrslySirius
oh, wait. nvm.
You know Ive been thinking (prob a bad thing) and realized Micon jumped the fuck up and got on a plane to Antigua immediately when the shit went down on Feb 11.Quote:
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Lets recap here.
Feb 10 >>> Micon living in Vegas, flying drones, tweeting about bullshit like every day
Feb 11 >>> DOJ or some shit scares the fuck out of everyone and they panic shutdown seals
Feb 11 >>> Micon goes AWOL for 3 days online
Feb 14 >>> Micon back online, now from Antigua
Yeah I know u are saying u already know the above. But this means Micon bought a last minute plane ticket on the same day that all the shit went down! He is scared! You guys know how much that shit costs (esp international) and he had to buy 3 tickets. This mustve been real serious or otherwise he doesnt drop everything & run on same day. Imagine packing up all your shit and moving for good out of the country with 0 days notice!
Point is he must have been in a major panic & now thinks hes safe in Antigua, doing exactly what doj prob told him to stop doing. We will see.
:popcorn
He already has some shit affiliate pouring sugar on the story. http://aarontodd.casinocitytimes.com...ker-room-64060
Oh and also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSH-pE3DHsw
Druff can u see if micon is lurking here?
Thread merge pls and loving this whole story btw.
Yes, I thought about all that as well to do it on such short notice. He must have had an exit plan ready. I am sure he had it all planned out as a contingency and it wasn't a whim thing. A passport is valid 10 years if he had his recently renewed. Pretty quick turnaround time to be playing on stars. I thought you had to have utility documents was playing within a few days. Is he not coming back to the states then? Will he have to apply for citizenship in Antigua what is the process on something like that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cokehead
I think its time for Druff to make a statement. Enough of this staying out of Micon's way BS.
Arcade money lol +1Quote:
Originally Posted by JUSTIFIEDhomicide
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Originally Posted by Pooh
Correct. Antigua does have a buy your citizen ship plan but its a little expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by FRANKRIZZOYes, I thought about all that as well to do it on such short notice. He must have had an exit plan ready. I am sure he had it all planned out as a contingency and it wasn't a whim thing. A passport is valid 10 years if he had his recently renewed. Pretty quick turnaround time to be playing on stars. I thought you had to have utility documents was playing within a few days. Is he not coming back to the states then? Will he have to apply for citizenship in Antigua what is the process on something like that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cokehead
Micon likely has known about this move for months if not longer. I maintain he plans to run a licensed online poker room down there and take up the casino scene.
Calls for emergency radio imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pooh
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Originally Posted by lewfatherSurprised he didn't try and convince you to go with him down there.Quote:
Originally Posted by SrslySirius
oh, wait. nvm.
Well, this really makes me want to get on the Micon bang wagon....
No chance imo. Much like the time period during Marty's recent tourney win streak, Druff will claim to have been "out of town" on some sort of baller family vacation when he finally starts a new thread to comment on the situation next Thursday.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4DragonsCalls for emergency radio imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pooh
I think it was planned in advance, although the timing of the move may have been unknown. The tell for me is that his stars account is working immediately, and that would take a few days to get verified. My guess is he's been out there on a reconnaissance mission before this week so that he had his bolthole bases covered.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cokehead
interesting story.
he wouldnt have necessarily had to take martha and the kid with him when in skipped out of the states in less than 24 hours. i would assume they would follow him later once he finds suitable family housing and if he manages to get swc 2.0 up and running.
wasnt there talk he bought some balla house in vegas at the bitcoin height? all bullshit? tho surely he has at least a car and other physical assets in the states that need to be sold.
not really up to date with the whole swc story but is it known who the other owners were and if so are they American?
also why are people calling on druff to make a statement? how would he know anything other than the public statement we are all speculating on?
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Originally Posted by Pooh
Wait ya'll think Micon actually had a "back up plan" in place? LOL. More like he got scared shitless and picked up and moved. It isn't that hard to buy a few plane tickets and book a hotel, then figure it out and "wing it" as you go along. A tried and true Micon way of going about things.
If this was planned you would have seen a drop off on twitter etc, while he was preparing to uproot his family for his own lazy fuck dreams of never working. Instead he was tweeting right up to when he went dark. Not even a hint he was planning on fleeing the country.
Planned my fucking ass.
Micon wakes Martha in the middle of the night. Martha we are going to go and move to Antigua for good pack your bags and aysha .Quote:
Originally Posted by NaturalBornHustler
Martha: sure hon whutever you say lets blow this clambake
Anyone else not know where the fuck Antigua was until Micon moved there?
ASKED HIM 5 HOURS AGO STILL NO REPLY...
Place is 91% n-word yet cricket and sailing are the sports of choice. Interesting.
Internet hosting and gambling[edit]
On February 19 2015, Bryan "The Icon" Micon, running from the DOJ, moved his cam whore of a wife and partially retarded illegitimate child to Antigua in search of striking it rich in the Bitcoin gaming industry.
Antigua was one of the very first nations to legalize, license, and regulate online gambling and is a primary location for incorporation of online gambling companies. Some countries, most notably the United States, argue that if a particular gambling transaction is initiated outside the country of Antigua then that transaction is governed by the laws of the country where the transaction was initiated. This argument was brought before World Trade Organization and was deemed incorrect.[13]
In 2006 the United States Congress voted to approve the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act which criminalized the operations of offshore gambling operators which take wagers from American-based gamblers. This was a prima facie violation of the GATS treaty obligations enforced by the WTO, resulting in a series of rulings unfavorable to the US.
On 21 December 2007 an Article 22 arbitration panel ruled that the United States' failure to comply with WTO rules would attract a US$21 million sanction.[14]
The WTO ruling was notable in two respects:
First, although technically a victory for Antigua, the $21 million was far less than the US$3.5 billion which had been sought; one of the three arbitrators was sufficiently bothered by the propriety of this that he issued a dissenting opinion—an unprecedented move.
Second, a rider to the arbitration ruling affirmed the right of Antigua to take retaliatory steps in view of the prior failure of the US to comply with GATS. These included the rare, but not unprecedented, right to disregard intellectual property obligations to the US.[15]
Antigua's obligations to the US in respect of patents, copyright, and trademarks are affected. In particular, Berne Convention copyright is in question, and also material NOT covered by the Berne convention, including TRIPS accord obligations to the US. Antigua may thus disregard the WIPO treaty on intellectual property rights, and therefore the US implementation of that treaty (the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA)—at least up to the limit of compensation.[16]
Since there is no appeal to the WTO from an Arbitration panel of this kind, it represents the last legal word from the WTO on the matter. Antigua is therefore able to recoup some of the claimed loss of trade by hosting (and taxing) companies whose business model depends on immunity from TRIPS provisions.[17]
Software company SlySoft is based in Antigua, allowing it to avoid nations with laws that are tough on anti-circumvention of technological copyright measures, in particular the DMCA in the United States.[18]
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Originally Posted by Pooh
If you go to Antigua and open up a poker site catering to the US, you basically renounce your US citizenship. Not sure how you could ever go back without jail prospects.
I am sure his wife's parents are absolutely freaking out right now. Just imagine you raise a daughter, get a grand daughter and you see the three of them go to a 3rd world country to open up a gambling site?
The big issue is if the new SWC goes belly up, which there is a high likelihood since these gambling ventures go under all the time. Then what? How do you make a living in a 3rd world country with no skill set?
Probably underestimating the amount of money he has already amassed. Soo, no need for a part time job at the Antigua Wal-Mart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
Sure seems like someone had at least a backup exit plan. SWCPoker.com was registered on Oct. 10, 2014 (see the pic below). Doesn't seem like something Micon would do without being concerned the future of SwC. Also, the domain registrant is OrangeWebsite.com, which is based in Iceland (closest EU country to USA...think about it) and accepts bitcoin. This had to be pre-planned to an extent...by someone...who knows how long law enforcement has been circling.Quote:
Originally Posted by FRANKRIZZOYes, I thought about all that as well to do it on such short notice. He must have had an exit plan ready. I am sure he had it all planned out as a contingency and it wasn't a whim thing. A passport is valid 10 years if he had his recently renewed. Pretty quick turnaround time to be playing on stars. I thought you had to have utility documents was playing within a few days. Is he not coming back to the states then? Will he have to apply for citizenship in Antigua what is the process on something like that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cokehead
If he amassed the money you say, why would he basically renounce his US status? I mean, you can say he has begun to hate the US and wanted to leave anyway and does not care. That may be the case. He may be so wealthy now he can live anywhere and it does not matter anymore. You may be right. He easily could be worth north of $5M now and is a boss in Antigua. That would be the only logical answer at this point to basically leave the US forever.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4DragonsProbably underestimating the amount of money he has already amassed. Soo, no need for a part time job at the Antigua Wal-Mart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
Just seems odd someone so rich would go to some isolated island to start yet another gambling website that would likely fail. But anyway.
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Originally Posted by 4DragonsProbably underestimating the amount of money he has already amassed. Soo, no need for a part time job at the Antigua Wal-Mart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
i actually almost did what hes doing now in '09-ish... basically i wanted to code/run my own poker site and even had backers lined up. got on a conf call with their lawyer and was told point blank, if i go this route, i need to renounce my citizenship and accept that if i every step foot on us soil for so much as a layover, i can expect to get bagged by any number of 3 letter agencies. obvos i passed but as is becoming obvious to all, micon clearly did not have much choice in the matter in this case.
im assuming that martha is able to come and go as she pleases however.
Oh cmon man. You really gotta make fun of an infant child?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pooh
Well if this is all true, I think Micon is making a very bad decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatineQuote:
Originally Posted by 4Dragons
i actually almost did what hes doing now in '09-ish... basically i wanted to code/run my own poker site and even had backers lined up. got on a conf call with their lawyer and was told point blank, if i go this route, i need to renounce my citizenship and accept that if i every step foot on us soil for so much as a layover, i can expect to get bagged by any number of 3 letter agencies. obvos i passed but as is becoming obvious to all, micon clearly did not have much choice in the matter in this case.
im assuming that martha is able to come and go as she pleases however.
what were his options?
Sounds like all of his partners renounced their affiliation with swc, and they are all fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by DRK Star