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Doubt it. Pirateat40 was threatening to move anyone who considered legal action to the back of the queue or even drop them altogether, and his cheerleaders seemed to buy into that for the most part.

If memory serves me he tried this stalling tactic for a month or two then just disappeared and even his cheerleaders had to admit it was a scam. Then they found some linkedin info and went after old companies he worked at for info, who were more than happy to tell them what a chronic liar and general weirdo he was to work with. Then the crying to regulators at the SEC began

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