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		<title>Comment on US Dept. Of Justice Attacks Digital Currency Companies by ePanama</title>
		<link>http://cryptnet.net/people/vab/blogs/cryptowatch/2007/04/27/us-dept-of-justice-attacks-digital-currency-companies/#comment-197</link>
		<dc:creator>ePanama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>August e-gold Update:  Customers and Agents still support e-gold

Since the indictment has daily activity for e-gold slowed? No, its stronger today than ever. We profiled 60 of the larger agents and sales are booming.

&lt;a href="http://www.digitalmoneyworld.com/60-e-gold-exchange-agents-whos-still-alive-you-might-be-surprised/" rel="nofollow"&gt;60 e-gold Exchange Agents, Who’s Still Alive? You Might Be Surprised…&lt;/a&gt;

http://www.digitalmoneyworld.com/60-e-gold-exchange-agents-whos-still-alive-you-might-be-surprised/

Mark</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>August e-gold Update:  Customers and Agents still support e-gold</p>
<p>Since the indictment has daily activity for e-gold slowed? No, its stronger today than ever. We profiled 60 of the larger agents and sales are booming.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.digitalmoneyworld.com/60-e-gold-exchange-agents-whos-still-alive-you-might-be-surprised/" rel="nofollow">60 e-gold Exchange Agents, Who’s Still Alive? You Might Be Surprised…</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.digitalmoneyworld.com/60-e-gold-exchange-agents-whos-still-alive-you-might-be-surprised/" rel="nofollow">http://www.digitalmoneyworld.com/60-e-gold-exchange-agents-whos-still-alive-you-might-be-surprised/</a></p>
<p>Mark</p>
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		<title>Comment on US Dept. Of Justice Attacks Digital Currency Companies by V. Alex Brennen</title>
		<link>http://cryptnet.net/people/vab/blogs/cryptowatch/2007/04/27/us-dept-of-justice-attacks-digital-currency-companies/#comment-10</link>
		<dc:creator>V. Alex Brennen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 15:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a HREF="" rel="nofollow"&gt;MoneyNetNews&lt;/A&gt; reports that it appears that the US Gov't may have started forcing redemptions of the Gold stocks held by E-Gold Ltd. in the following &lt;a HREF="http://www.moneynetnews.com/articles/54/1/US-Government-Forces-E-gold-Redemptions---Seizes-Gold/US-Government-Forces-E-gold-Redemptions---Seizes-Gold.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;article&lt;/A&gt;:

US Government Forces E-gold Redemptions - Seizes Gold

This article is Copyright 2007. You may re-publish for free it if left intact and only if you give credit with weblink back to http://www.moneynetnews.com/

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 In an unprecedented move on or just before Wednesday May 9th, 2007, the United States of America has forced Omnipay et al E-gold to redeem all the gold backing the 58 previously frozen accounts owned by e-gold, 1mdc, icegold  and a handful of other exchangers and customers to be liquidated effective immediately to a us dollar account owned by the federal government.

According to the reduction in the gold bar list, the bar count has dropped by 48 bars of approximately 400 oz each between May 3, and May 9.

This redemption totals USD $11.357 Million.

Date       Gold Grams    ($ Value)
03-05-07    3,489,436      77.015 Million
09-05-07    2,974,871      65.668 Milllion

Gold Bars value Sold: USD 11.357 Million

MoneyNetNews has learned from a reliable source that e-gold has been ordered to hand over a fresh copy of the customer database when the redemption is completed.

MoneyNetNews cannot confirm if all of the 48 bars redeemed account for the forfeiture action of the United States. It is possible that a part of this activity can be accounted for by increased volatility in e-gold's general market.&lt;/P&gt;

Not only was E-gold / Omnipay ordered to convert gold (and silver) holdings in the seized accounts into US Dollars, but that included their own (Omnipay's, and E-gold's) frozen (seized) accounts. This will ultimately result is great losses of value over time even if the victims of the seizures are found to be innocent due to the in progress bull market in gold and bear market in US Dollars.

The seizure order appears to be unrelated to the criminal case in progress against E-gold and OmniPay in that the seizure of the accounts by the government was done under a (separate) civil case, for which the Government has yet to file anything.

By doing so, the government was able to seize accounts without having to reveal anything to the owners of the accounts themselves. By law, the government has 30, and possibly up to 90 days to file a complaint.

Until the government civil filing is done, none of the victims of the seizures can possibly do anything to defend themselves, not even obtain information as to why their accounts have been seized, or what they would have done wrong.

None of the victims of the account seizures have been advised of anything officially at this time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="" rel="nofollow">MoneyNetNews</a> reports that it appears that the US Gov&#8217;t may have started forcing redemptions of the Gold stocks held by E-Gold Ltd. in the following <a HREF="http://www.moneynetnews.com/articles/54/1/US-Government-Forces-E-gold-Redemptions---Seizes-Gold/US-Government-Forces-E-gold-Redemptions---Seizes-Gold.html" rel="nofollow">article</a>:</p>
<p>US Government Forces E-gold Redemptions - Seizes Gold</p>
<p>This article is Copyright 2007. You may re-publish for free it if left intact and only if you give credit with weblink back to <a href="http://www.moneynetnews.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.moneynetnews.com/</a></p>
<p>===</p>
<p> In an unprecedented move on or just before Wednesday May 9th, 2007, the United States of America has forced Omnipay et al E-gold to redeem all the gold backing the 58 previously frozen accounts owned by e-gold, 1mdc, icegold  and a handful of other exchangers and customers to be liquidated effective immediately to a us dollar account owned by the federal government.</p>
<p>According to the reduction in the gold bar list, the bar count has dropped by 48 bars of approximately 400 oz each between May 3, and May 9.</p>
<p>This redemption totals USD $11.357 Million.</p>
<p>Date       Gold Grams    ($ Value)<br />
03-05-07    3,489,436      77.015 Million<br />
09-05-07    2,974,871      65.668 Milllion</p>
<p>Gold Bars value Sold: USD 11.357 Million</p>
<p>MoneyNetNews has learned from a reliable source that e-gold has been ordered to hand over a fresh copy of the customer database when the redemption is completed.</p>
<p>MoneyNetNews cannot confirm if all of the 48 bars redeemed account for the forfeiture action of the United States. It is possible that a part of this activity can be accounted for by increased volatility in e-gold&#8217;s general market.</p>
<p>Not only was E-gold / Omnipay ordered to convert gold (and silver) holdings in the seized accounts into US Dollars, but that included their own (Omnipay&#8217;s, and E-gold&#8217;s) frozen (seized) accounts. This will ultimately result is great losses of value over time even if the victims of the seizures are found to be innocent due to the in progress bull market in gold and bear market in US Dollars.</p>
<p>The seizure order appears to be unrelated to the criminal case in progress against E-gold and OmniPay in that the seizure of the accounts by the government was done under a (separate) civil case, for which the Government has yet to file anything.</p>
<p>By doing so, the government was able to seize accounts without having to reveal anything to the owners of the accounts themselves. By law, the government has 30, and possibly up to 90 days to file a complaint.</p>
<p>Until the government civil filing is done, none of the victims of the seizures can possibly do anything to defend themselves, not even obtain information as to why their accounts have been seized, or what they would have done wrong.</p>
<p>None of the victims of the account seizures have been advised of anything officially at this time.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cryptome Site Shutdown by Nemo</title>
		<link>http://cryptnet.net/people/vab/blogs/cryptowatch/2007/04/29/cryptome-site-shutdown/#comment-5</link>
		<dc:creator>Nemo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cryptome got slashdotted, thanks to the shutdown notice, but it looks like it'll still be up, traffic permitting, for about a week yet at it's current home.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cryptome got slashdotted, thanks to the shutdown notice, but it looks like it&#8217;ll still be up, traffic permitting, for about a week yet at it&#8217;s current home.</p>
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