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>On May 11, 2022, Coinbase’s director of security operations emailed ISHAN WAHI to inform him that he should appear for an in-person meeting relating to Coinbas

by daenz 4y ago

>On May 11, 2022, Coinbase’s director of security operations emailed ISHAN WAHI to inform him that he should appear for an in-person meeting relating to Coinbase’s asset listing process at Coinbase’s Seattle, Washington office on Monday, May 16, 2022. ISHAN WAHI confirmed he would attend the meeting. Anyone know why Coinbase would set up this meeting if they knew it was him? Was it a bluff to see if he'd flee? Or were they setting up the arrest to happen at the office? Couldn't they just have arrested him in his home?

notch656a 4y ago
I know a lot of local police like to go into homes with guns blazing, but the smart cops would much rather set someone up outside of their home where they're less likely to be armed and bunkered. If I were a cop arresting somebody in their home would be my worst case scenario IMO.
- Scoundreller 4y ago
  Toronto cops are definitely the dumb kind: went to execute a search warrant on a gunsmith while he was in his gun workshop and, whodathunkit, the gunsmith reached for a (non-operational) gun! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/rodger-kotanko-self-defence-siu-1.6371860 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/rodger-kotanko-self-...
ianhawes 4y ago
I doubt that Coinbase would want to arrest this person at their offices. I'm sure that the plan was to question the suspect with the FBI present. If the FBI asks a question, and you lie, it's a felony. If your employer asks you a question and you lie, it's legal. Either way, this was a ruse to get WAHI to start talking. Likely they would execute a search warrant at his residence after he left to appear in-person. As an FYI, people under investigation by federal authorities are added to a database that alerts agents to the purchase of any flight tickets (domestic or international). Unfortunately for the suspect this means he will undoubtedly be detained until his trial in several years.

by daenz 4y ago

notch656a 4y ago

I know a lot of local police like to go into homes with guns blazing, but the smart cops would much rather set someone up outside of their home where they're less likely to be armed and bunkered. If I were a cop arresting somebody in their home would be my worst case scenario IMO.

Scoundreller 4y ago
Toronto cops are definitely the dumb kind: went to execute a search warrant on a gunsmith while he was in his gun workshop and, whodathunkit, the gunsmith reached for a (non-operational) gun! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/rodger-kotanko-self-defence-siu-1.6371860 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/rodger-kotanko-self-...

ianhawes 4y ago

I doubt that Coinbase would want to arrest this person at their offices. I'm sure that the plan was to question the suspect with the FBI present. If the FBI asks a question, and you lie, it's a felony. If your employer asks you a question and you lie, it's legal. Either way, this was a ruse to get WAHI to start talking. Likely they would execute a search warrant at his residence after he left to appear in-person. As an FYI, people under investigation by federal authorities are added to a database that alerts agents to the purchase of any flight tickets (domestic or international). Unfortunately for the suspect this means he will undoubtedly be detained until his trial in several years.