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30334166 No.30334166 [Reply] [Original]

So now that 'promoting cryptocurrencies' to a 'large twitter following' is considered conspiracy to commit fraud, why has no action been taken against Elon Musk?

>Businessman John McAfee, creator of the McAfee anti-virus software, has been charged in the US with conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering.

>Mr McAfee and his bodyguard Jimmy Gale Watson Jr are accused of promoting cryptocurrencies to Mr McAfee's large Twitter following to inflate prices.
>The currencies were then allegedly sold, making the pair $2m (£1.45m), prosecutors said.
>The men have not commented on the charges.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56300593

>> No.30334218

If you don't understand why Mcafee doing what he did was illegal and merely posting about stuff about crypto you believe will go up on twitter isn't you are too dumb for this board.

>> No.30334289
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>>30334166
its only matter of time now that he gets charged for creating the infamous mcafee antivirus malware botnet

>> No.30334367

>>30334218

OP, this is not about John mcafee and crypto. He has been wanted by the goverment for decades. They just keep lumping up bogus charges against him to extradite him. saying on twitter that you like a coin and think is going to go up illegal? no it's not. He was just wanted because he made half a billion with his anti virus company in the 2000
s and ran with the money to south east asia and was never caught. Now they want him because he's so smart and can't making money.

>> No.30334424

>>30334289
That is a nice looking duck

>> No.30334463

so /biz, did McAfee make it yes or no?

>> No.30334534

>>30334218
Fuck off boot licker slave, go suck some tax man cock

>> No.30334627

>>30334166
This is why I try to stay away from this guy wherever I can.

>> No.30335061
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30335061

There's a difference between paid shilling/pump and dumping vs posting le epic doge memes.

>> No.30335120

mcafee did nothing wrong

>> No.30335121

Go look back in the archives last year for 'switch/ghost'. That's why he's being charged with fraud. Lots of anons got burned in that scam.

>> No.30335129

>>30334218
sneed

>> No.30335355

>>30334218
Ill have a venti double skinny government waffleboot quasilatte with chickpea whipped cream and two shots of dick in my newsfotainment mouthhole

>> No.30335376

Good, now arrest Musk next

>> No.30335442

>>30334166
God i hope they go after that faggot, Musk

>> No.30335472

LOOOOOOL
BTC REACHED 48K WHILE YOUR TRASH WAS DUMPING
I PREPARE FOR MY GRAPHENE AIRDROP AND DONT GIVE A FUCKK ABOUT YOUR SHIT
AND YOU CAN’T EVEN TALK TO ME BECAUSE YOU ARE STUPID AND DIDN’T PUT MONEY IN PHR

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>>30335120
He was litereally paid to shill pump and dumps on social media kek.

Fuck Mcafee and fuck anyone who thinks that what he did shouldn't be illegal.

>> No.30335721

>>30334166
Just promote BOND and be happy

>> No.30335738

>>30335061
This. I'm 9/10 that Musk owns little or no Doge coin other than what he bought his ayy child. Can't be nailed for pump and dump if you own no pump and can do no dump.

>> No.30335811

>>30334166
Because Elon is an African American

>> No.30335813

>>30334166
If Elon sold then he may be getting his turn soon enough. Old money hates him for some reason.

>> No.30335839

hahaha stay away from this faggots, i will never follow your shitty referrals, don’t even try! my pajeet pepes will fuck you to shizo
i actually don’t give a fuck, i already put money in PHR tokens and just prepare for graphene distribution

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30335893

i hope that faggot elon is next

>> No.30335927

>>30335738
his kids own doge

>> No.30336021

>>30334166
It's fine for Elon to do it as long as he doesn't profit from it. Or as long as he has enough lawyers to sue the US Government into the center of the earth if they try and touch him.

>> No.30336172

>>30336021
You have to prove that Elon was paid money in exchange for his promotion.

I highly doubt this is the case. Being excited for a shitcoin and talking it up on social media is not actually a crime.

However being PAID by the owners to be excited for their shitcoin and also encouraging your followers to buy it, is.

>> No.30336247

>>30335520
>we need crypto to save us from evil authoritarian government
>also we need evil authoritarian government to save us from crypto

>> No.30336608
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>>30336247
Enforcing common sense anti-fraud regulation to prevent retail investors from getting scammed by degenerate criminals is now "le ebil authoritarian gubment?" lol double digit IQ take.

>> No.30337378

>>30336608
every shitty law is marketed as "common sense"
we've been locked in our houses for a year and they're trying to take away everything except flintlock pistols because it's "just common sense"

how about you just grow the fuck up and do some research into your investments instead of making it everyone else's problem

>> No.30337559

>>30337378
Nice straw man.

You don't think laws against fraud is common sense? Should fraud be legal?

Answer these questions, retard.

>> No.30337589

>>30337559
I don't trust a bunch of corrupt blood-thirsty pedophiles to decide what is and isn't fraud

>> No.30337897

>Conspiracy
>Fraud
Trigger words for normies.
Anyone who told you to buy anything should be locked up.

>> No.30337915

>>30337589
The point I am making is that the bike thief believes theft is justified.

Now feel free to provide your own definition of what you think fraud is. And I ask again (irrespective of this current case) do you think fraud, as is generally understood is wrong and should be illegal?

It's a very simple question.

>> No.30338186

>>30337915
>It's a very simple question
No it's not you faggot.
Is WWE fraud?

>> No.30338273

>>30334166
He was promoting scams like SAFEX for money he deserve jail.
Elon promotes Dogecoin and he is not getting paid.

>> No.30338513

>>30334166
Why hasnt he cut his dick off?

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>>30338513
https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/935900326007328768
He needs to eat a dick

>> No.30339281

>>30334463
Of course. Does whatever the fuck he wants, bangs whores and actually gets some of them to seemingly genuinely enjoy his company, charms his way through interviews, and looks more fit and coherent than most 75 year olds. Even if he gets locked up in the end, he will know he did everything to live life to the fullest. No regrets. We should be so lucky to have our hearts half as free as his.

>> No.30339349
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>>30335520
So should all advertisements be illegal? Everything people say is influenced somehow. You want big mommy government to protect retards from themselves? Fuck off, kike.

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>>30337378
This
>>30337559
"common sense" is one of the single most brain damaged terms that leftists such as yourself use. it is predicated on a universal morality and solely objective ontology, which is a brutal position to attempt to defend. it's common sense that you should blow a hole through your fucking skull with a .45

>> No.30339485

>>30337378
Accurate

>> No.30339941

Is he still living in South America?

>> No.30340104

>>30334218
naive cunt

>> No.30340331

>>30336172
why? thats literally how all advertisements are?
>pay influencer to boast about product x
>company of product x reeks in benefits from influencers follower base
how is this any different?

>> No.30340370

>>30339349
>>30339478
Not an argument. Defrauding people should obviously be illegal. Hot takes in this thread: crime fags who victimize others hate the cops that put them away. Enjoy jail Mcafee and all you other criminal faggots who has taken up scamming other people with lies as a lifestyle.

Rot in prison where you get to run your scams as much as you like on other inmates for cigs and noodles kek

>> No.30340472

>>30336608
So, when are we going to ban casinos? You aren't going to pretend they are anything but an industry based on scamming retards, are you?

>> No.30340502

>>30335738
>his ayy child
?

>> No.30340550

>>30337589
Based.

>> No.30340598

>>30340370
99% of commercial bullshit products are blatant scams promising nothing based of merit or scientific proof. those are literal scams. Yet, its up to you, as a buyer, to make your own due dilligence about what you spend your money on. how is a shitcoin any different? unless you promise guaranteed returns on an investment, it's not illegal or different in any way that casinos or EVERY single marketing agency operates

>> No.30340603

>>30337559
>You don't think laws against fraud is common sense?
he laws are written by kikes, shabbos goyim, and childfucking pedophiles. no, i don't think the laws against fraud are common sense, nigger.

>> No.30340611

>>30334166
Because he’s mossad

>> No.30340640
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>>30334166
Because Elon is mossad

>> No.30340684

>>30337897
If they had a Twitter checkmarkwith millions of followers they should not be allowed to tell people what to buy (crypto stock )

>> No.30340736

>>30334166
>The currencies were then allegedly sold, making the pair $2m (£1.45m), prosecutors said
Musk isn't pumping and then selling. McAffee was pumping and dumping one coin a day.

>> No.30340849

>>30334166
Elon is promoting cryptocurrencies
John was promoting blockchain unregistered securities.

Shame the newfags don't know the difference.

Its CRAZY that John never renounced, what a compete fucking retard. He was literally asking to get arrested.

>> No.30340879

>>30334166
GOOD
That faggot still owes me an eaten dick

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>>30340331
Is this a real opinion? First off, there is disclosure, an advertisement or sponsorship is made known to the audience. You know the person in the ad who says "I love coca cola, it's the best drink in the world" is paid by coca cola to say that. If someone is promoting a product while being paid to do it, they need to disclose that fact - otherwise you are deceiving people, which is immoral.

Second, advertising real products or services is very different from giving people investment advice for a newly minted ICO under false pretense and deception without disclosing that you are paid to do it. It's no longer an advertisement, it is simply fraud.

>“As alleged, McAfee and Watson used social media to perpetrate an age-old pump-and-dump scheme that earned them nearly two million dollars. Additionally, they allegedly used the same social media platform to promote the sale of digital tokens on behalf of ICO issuers without disclosing to investors the compensation they were receiving to tout these securities on behalf of the ICO.

Using deception to enrich yourself is immoral and it turns out also illegal. And that is a good thing.

>> No.30341227

>>30334367
he didn't just say he liked a coin. he made backdoor deals to pump coins and dumped on followers, and threatened companies who wouldn't bend to his demands.

>> No.30341350

>>30340472
This is called whataboutism. Do you think scamming people should be illegal, yes or no?

If yes, we agree. If no, you are a moron.

>> No.30341727

>>30340879
this.
his punishment should literally be him eating his own dick like he promised

>> No.30341771

>>30334166
Based. Can I demand my GHOST investment back?

>> No.30342670

>>30338186
>Is WWE fraud?
Depends, do they present the matches as a sport and run a betting service on the side?

>> No.30342715

>>30340598
Promising nothing is ok, something something they can't keep is fraud.

>> No.30342906

>>30340472
They should be legal, but like lotteries require a average payout percentage disclaimer and slot machines should show their individual preset.

Let people see accurate numbers, presented clearly and then making bad decisions is entirely on them.

>> No.30342976

>>30334218
>Trump lost the election fair and square.

>> No.30343002

>>30335520
No, relying on the governments to protect us from exploitation hasn't worked. People need to learn themselves and close ranks.
We are not a cohesive society.
You cannot trust strangers.
There are liars everywhere.
People WILL steal from you if the can get away with it.
You are not protected by the authorities as they are, by their very nature, always a step behind.

>> No.30343026

>>30341771
buy ghoul

lel

https://poltergeistexchange.medium.com/poltergeist-exchange-partners-with-ghost-by-mcafee-to-release-a-private-stable-coin-and-privacy-714af252188e

>> No.30343065

>>30342715
i worder that poorly, they promise great results based on literally nothing of merit and science. which is a scam, but still legal

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>>30334166
Unironically bullish for GHOST.

>> No.30343201

lmao this retard rug pulled with ghost i remember some retard anon swapped like 150 ETH for the airdrop tokens even with the mountains of evidence that it was 100% a scam

>> No.30343254

>>30334166
Good, I hope he fucking rots in jail and gets cancer

>> No.30343494

>>30335376
>>30335442
>>30335893
>>30336021
oy veying intensifies. none of these bums care that they are being printed into oblivion, or that the last election proves they have no say in government, they just hate that Elon once loosely unmasked, in an off-hand comment, that (((elites))) are manipulating humanity for malicious intent.
Such a bitter water, and that bitter is toxin. Spit her out, America, she's choking you off at the roots.

>> No.30343602

>>30334218
Tell me what every Twitter influencer is doing that is any different? In fact I fo it myself. Fact is he fucked up once he annoyed the IRS. They always like to make examples of anyone saying they won't pay taxes.

>> No.30344183

>>30340502
Google his childs name

>> No.30344268

>>30343201
Lel you should check to see what that anons return was before you go laughing at him. Motherfucker probably retired after the initial run up for n switch/ghost

>> No.30344529

>>30334166
Elon didn't pump and then dump.

>> No.30345670

>>30340640
Q retards are still around i see KEK