this is taking place in the UK not the US, laws are waaaaaaay different in the UK, as are the legal proceedings
Why does everyone insist that this didn't happen in the USA? BOFFIN HAD MOOLAH AMERICAN ACCOUNTS AND REGISTRATION, IN HIS NAME. Why do people keep saying this is a UK deal? USA wasn't involved? Nobody from the US has claims? Their business wsn't operating in the States? They WERE operating/conducting financial transactions in the USA, they DID have businesses registered in the states, they DID sell "investments" to Americans, they did steal USA currency, they did defraud USA investors into a.. fake investment and they did steal americians money when they bounced with everything... So....
Now, what was that about his whole deal being in the UK?
The court case is in the UK, the US authorities are not involved and will not be. The UK forces are interested in Ryan Kennedy and Ryan Kennedy alone. Landon Merrill will not be called as there is no evidence of him ever gaining (other than a wage - the same as all other employees) from it. He handled very minimal funds belonging to the company and anything he did do was at Ryan's request. Hence the investigators aren't all that interested. Ryan was the one who took all of the BTC, not Landon. Of course, if someone were to open a case inside the USA, that would be different. However as Kennedy had the BTC and he is a UK resident, the UK forces are dealing with the fraud reports etc.
The only instance someone would need to open a case in the USA is to do as you suggested, to go after Landon and the US employees.
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Anyway, I have received an email from the police investigator with regards to this. He says the below:
Seb
Apologies for the late reply. There is no public record but and if anyone phones up A&S all they will be told is that we are investigating a criminal complaint etc. and that a male and female have been arrested. In criminal matters it does not become public domain until after their first appearance in court. But that does not always stop the press from releasing details. If you know of anyone who has lost money they can contact me via this e-mail or on 01275 816580 and I will be quite happy to talk to them,
Peter
A&S refers to Avon and Somerset police here.
Now, I have included his phone number here, his email is
Pete.Wood@avonandsomerset.police.uk.
I must stress though that this is not an 'AND' situation. You should not contact both him AND the action fraud. If you have already submitted a claim via action fraud, that is good enough. Even if you have not and just wish to report a simple loss of funds, action fraud is still the best place to go. It will be properly recorded in the police database and have the correct information.
The only time I would suggest getting in touch with this investigator is if you lost a significant amount of money and also had a lot of contact with Ryan Kennedy with chat logs to back that up.
I have been putting together bits of evidence for him in the past so if you want to be 100% it is included in any reports I also make, feel free to pm it to me as well.
Again, please do not spam this guy's inbox it will only slow the investigation down, but I felt I should include it at his request.
The exact word I have from him is this:
If the case goes to court and Ryan Kennedy loses, those that filled in action fraud reports could be in with a chance at getting some recompense.
Bear in mind all of this will be traced on the blockchain so I wouldn't suggest lying about what you gave him.
It will be on a percentage basis I can imagine. If they manage to seize $1m of assets and there are $5m worth of claims, each of those claims would most likely get ~20% back of what they lost.
nice one, thanks for the info m8. If Peter from A&S police needs more people to come forward there are lots here I guess...
