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Apparently London Trust Media, the company founded by Andrew Lee and which purchased Freenode, has now rebranded under the name "Imperial Family Companies". lon

Apparently London Trust Media, the company founded by Andrew Lee and which purchased Freenode, has now rebranded under the name "Imperial Family Companies". londontrustmedia.com now redirects to https://imperialfamily.com/ https://imperialfamily.com/ and it lists Freenode under Technology. Andrew Lee also claims to be the crown prince of Korea, which was no doubt the inspiration for this move: https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2020-12-01/south-korean-royals-buy-thousand-oaks-home-12-6-million https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2020-12-0... Lee also hired Mark Karpelès (of Mt.Gox infamy) as CTO of London Trust Media. and he is still listed as CTO of Shells.com, which is also owned by Imperial Family Companies: https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/team https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/team Edit: Comment was moved, reworded to make it work in its new context.

vmception 5y ago
Any thoughts on these observations?
NopeNotToday 5y ago
londontrustmedia.com I read that as "I on don't trust media" the first time.
rideontime 5y ago
As someone who followed the Magic: The Gathering Online eXchange drama as it unfolded, I'm amazed anyone would hire him for a technical role.
- edm0nd 5y ago
  If he lived anywhere else besides Japan, he would have done jail time for the amount of fraud he did. He deserved that and got off light IMO. Dude is a complete joke and useless.
  - gerikson 5y ago
    He spent around 1 year in custody before being released on bail. And he's sentenced to 30 months, suspended. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s#Arrest_and_prosecution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s#Arrest_and_... From all I've read, custody before sentencing in Japan is no picknick.
  - vmception 5y ago
    Given that he was sold a fractional reserve system without his knowledge and the US government revealed that BTC-E was the hacker that made it a fractional reserve Doesnt that suggest him being sentenced at all was wrong and makes him a fall guy?
growt 5y ago
Big mansion, made money with grey area internet services ... Anyone remember Kim dotcom?

vmception 5y ago

Any thoughts on these observations?

NopeNotToday 5y ago

londontrustmedia.com I read that as "I on don't trust media" the first time.

rideontime 5y ago

As someone who followed the Magic: The Gathering Online eXchange drama as it unfolded, I'm amazed anyone would hire him for a technical role.

edm0nd 5y ago
If he lived anywhere else besides Japan, he would have done jail time for the amount of fraud he did. He deserved that and got off light IMO. Dude is a complete joke and useless.
- gerikson 5y ago
  He spent around 1 year in custody before being released on bail. And he's sentenced to 30 months, suspended. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s#Arrest_and_prosecution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Karpel%C3%A8s#Arrest_and_... From all I've read, custody before sentencing in Japan is no picknick.
- vmception 5y ago
  Given that he was sold a fractional reserve system without his knowledge and the US government revealed that BTC-E was the hacker that made it a fractional reserve Doesnt that suggest him being sentenced at all was wrong and makes him a fall guy?

growt 5y ago

Big mansion, made money with grey area internet services ... Anyone remember Kim dotcom?