Poker pro Max Silver sent out an alarming tweet today, indicating he had been taken for over $140,000 by a Costa Rican man named Joseph Temon. He claims that Temon goes by the names "Dag", "jdagger", "daggerman", and "Droopydog". (This is NOT the same person as 2000s-era poker pro John D'Agostino, who went by "jdags21", and has never been accused of any wrongdoing.)

Max made his post on the forum "bitcointalk", because it involves the theft of bitcoin via a sportsbetting scam: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5325788.0

https://twitter.com/max_silver/status/1374162911581646854

Silver stated that Temon is a "big player in the crypto gaming affiliate space", and he signed up with him on a sportsbetting site in December 2020. After Silver, a sharp bettor, was not allowed to play on that site anymore due to his skill, Temon suggested that he and Max team up and bet together using Temon's existing account on betcoin. Silver claims Temon told him this was a good idea, because he already had high limits established on that account, and it would be a lot easier to use that account than build up limits on a new one in Silver's name.

Silver agreed, and deposited 2 bitcoin (worth about $112k today) to betcoin on March 2nd, 2021. After a short time, their limits were lowered by betcoin, but Temon allegedly claimed that he could get it cleared up. In the meantime, he encouraged Silver to deposit 0.7 BTC on Temon's account on another site called "bitsler", which Silver did.



In the process of all of this, they lost about 0.15 BTC betting, so there was 2.55 BTC remaining between the two accounts. I'm sure you know what happened next.

Temon allegedly cashed out the bitcoin and vanished.

Silver claims that Temon has given "his side of the story" since then, but it's "full of excuses" and he's refusing to address the issue regarding the money.

Amazingly, Temon is apparently still an active affiliate with "several crypto gambling sites", where Silver estimates he makes $30k-$50k per month! Silver is offering 20% of any money collected back from Temon here.

My guess is that Temon is going to hide behind the fact that the account was his, and claim that the bitcoin he withdrew were also his. At the moment, it seems he's not saying anything publicly.

Silver says he's not even sure if Joseph Temon is the guy's real name!

Pretty naive to trust someone you don't know in another country to hold that kind of money for you, but Silver claims he gave the guy credit because of his large affiliate revenue, plus the fact that he was established in the crypto affiliate world.