Even if it falls short on the ideal implementation via a regulation rather than a directive (the former mandating all states to adhere to a single implementation and the latter defining a framework that can be implemented by member states) this is still a huge accomplishment and a step in the right direction.
And all done as a grass roots effort from a few dedicated and motivated folks like Andreas Klinger.
I remember emailing him once while at MIT to invite him for a dinner series that I was hosting back in the 2010s. He couldn’t attend but sent a long and beautiful reply.
Remarkable, how approachable he was for being such as a hallowed figure.
Too bad it doesn’t say how he actually got found out. I imagine he could have gotten away with it if he had gradually reduced his theft of coins over 2-3 years, then quit the job and moved somewhere else. I’m pretty sure there’s tons of schemes like this that aren’t ever found out.
Great article. Explains the chalenges that I just had with having all money frozen with Marcus.com. It is literally impossible to break through these layers of support in order to get your case heard / solved. The biggest challenge is that it‘s so intransparent with very little communication from the bank as to how a support case is actually moving through and how close it is to getting resolved.
Yea that seems about right. My situation is similar to a US citizen living abroad though. They would face the exact same issues.
It‘s actually not the phone number that caused this issue, more likely doing a large withdrawal and not being able to „identify“ myself by having a US registered phone number.
Have you had experience doing this? I am pretty sure they cannot withdraw to a European acct. The acct details have been up to date for a while, you obviously cannot enter an address outside of the U.S.
I have absolutely zero transparency as to what is happening and their statements have been contradictory with no concrete actions or steps taken so far. Just feel like I am stuck in some sort of dystopian situation.
Funny timing - I just switched all my email newsletter subscriptions that I used to read on Gmail Web to Inoreader.
The reason was fairly simple - I wanted a better way to organize my newsletters and make it feel more “reading list” like than “task list” like. On email, unopened newsletters always felt like tasks.
And all done as a grass roots effort from a few dedicated and motivated folks like Andreas Klinger.