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In my humble opinion, the question everyone is asking can be answered, more or less, by examining the following website: https://imperialfamily.com https://imp

In my humble opinion, the question everyone is asking can be answered, more or less, by examining the following website: https://imperialfamily.com https://imperialfamily.com This will hint at where the money came from, and what's up with the exceedingly poor judgement.

broknbottle 5y ago
I think the bigger story here is how Mark Karpeles is involved.. If I wanted to be taken seriously then there’s no way I’d involve him in any legitimate venture. Karpeles Labs?? https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/team https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/team
- MertsA 5y ago
  There's a reason why any time the subject of Mark Karpeles comes up on HN rasengan comes out of the woodwork to astroturf and lie about how great his fraudster of a friend is. After Mark was unfortunately let out of incarceration Andrew Lee decided to hire the pariah as the CTO of London Trust Media (Private Internet Access). He is not involved in any legitimate venture, he's involved in Andrew Lee's wallet. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26044256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26044256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21684155 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21684155 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21680910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21680910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17378640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17378640
geofft 5y ago
It seems clear enough that the money came from the sale of Private Internet Access. (It wouldn't surprise me if some other portion of that money had a causal role in causing 'rasengan to get the blessing of one of the pretenders to the throne, though.)
Clewza313 5y ago
Am I the only one who's seeing a Japanese Imperial chrysanthemum in the middle of that logo? Seems an odd move for what seems to be an almost entirely Korean-American company, even if it is slapped on top of a Korean rose.
- yongjik 5y ago
  I assume it's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Seal_of_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Seal_of_Korea ...which is apparently a related but different tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_salicina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_salicina
rambojazz 5y ago
I feel like this shadow company would fit perfectly with the other shadow companies that have entered Formula1 sponsoring in recent years. Next up: Freenode sponsored F1 car.

broknbottle 5y ago

I think the bigger story here is how Mark Karpeles is involved.. If I wanted to be taken seriously then there’s no way I’d involve him in any legitimate venture. Karpeles Labs?? https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/team https://www.shells.com/l/en-US/team

MertsA 5y ago
There's a reason why any time the subject of Mark Karpeles comes up on HN rasengan comes out of the woodwork to astroturf and lie about how great his fraudster of a friend is. After Mark was unfortunately let out of incarceration Andrew Lee decided to hire the pariah as the CTO of London Trust Media (Private Internet Access). He is not involved in any legitimate venture, he's involved in Andrew Lee's wallet. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26044256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26044256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21684155 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21684155 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21680910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21680910 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17378640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17378640

geofft 5y ago

It seems clear enough that the money came from the sale of Private Internet Access. (It wouldn't surprise me if some other portion of that money had a causal role in causing 'rasengan to get the blessing of one of the pretenders to the throne, though.)

Clewza313 5y ago

Am I the only one who's seeing a Japanese Imperial chrysanthemum in the middle of that logo? Seems an odd move for what seems to be an almost entirely Korean-American company, even if it is slapped on top of a Korean rose.

yongjik 5y ago
I assume it's this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Seal_of_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Seal_of_Korea ...which is apparently a related but different tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_salicina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_salicina

rambojazz 5y ago

I feel like this shadow company would fit perfectly with the other shadow companies that have entered Formula1 sponsoring in recent years. Next up: Freenode sponsored F1 car.