Trendon Shavers operated the first Bitcoin based Ponzi scheme out of Texas and it folded in 2014. When he defaulted he tried to claim Bitcoin wasn’t money, he wiped or lost all his records and access to the AWS hosting the scam, he perjured himself and claimed to have fully repaid “jcpham” under deposition.

Liars gonna lie. My deposit and withdrawal addresses and the blockchain kinda shows no, I wasn’t made whole

It takes awhile to come to grips with this and actually see yourself as victimized- I mean, a really long time. The overall personal lesson is don’t give strangers money, especially if it’s too good to be true.

Feeling depressed thoughts and guilt over the greed of seeking interest takes awhile to move beyond.