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SEC Issues Investigative Report Concluding DAO Tokens, a Digital Asset, Were Securities
July 26th, 2017
Coindesk | Wolfie Zhao | Jul 17, 2017
An initial coin offering (ICO) for a little-know startup project called CoinDash was abruptly halted today when it was revealed the sale had been compromised shortly after it began.
In total, the ICO was able to raise $7.53m before the ethereum address it was using to solicit funds was altered to a fake one by an unidentified hacker, resulting in the ether going to another source.
At the time of publication, the CoinDash website has been shut down, and the project is asking investors who have been affected to submit information to the provided link to collect the CoinDash token (CDT) they should be rewarded through the sale.
The company's statement reads:
"Contributors that sent ETH to the fraudulent Ethereum address, which was maliciously placed on our website, and sent ETH to the CoinDash.io official address will receive their CDT tokens accordingly."
Notably, as the project is still under attack, and the sale has been terminated.
In a statement, CoinDash urged investors not to send any ether to any address, since "transactions sent to any fraudulent address after the website was shut down will not be compensated."
Via CNBC |Ari Levy | @levynews
Around 9 a.m. eastern time on Monday, Shawn Van de Vyver, a dentist in Michigan, went to CoinDash's website to check out the project's initial coin offering — a new way that cryptocurrency start-ups are raising money.
Van de Vyver has been building computers and websites for 20 years and started studying bitcoin when it was trading in the single digits (it's now priced at more than $2,000). He also invested a couple thousand dollars in digital currency ethereum, he told CNBC.
CoinDash is sometimes described as the E-Trade for blockchain and Van de Vyver was interested in tracking the project, even if he wasn't yet ready to invest.
Shortly after 9, Van de Vyver got a text from a dentist friend telling him that the site had been hacked.
Visitors to the site had been told to send their ethereum to another address in order to participate in the ICO.
People who followed those instructions had their money stolen, according to the website. Over the course of about a half an hour, more than $7 million was routed to the hacker. According to Etherscan, which tracks the movement of ethereum, some 2,130 transactions took place.
"I could've been hoodwinked," said Van de Vyver, 37, in an interview Monday morning. "These are not sophisticated investors trying to invest in a company."
Welcome to the lawless world of ICOs. Start-ups building on blockchain are raising millions of dollars in exchange for tokens that give buyers future access to their network once it's up and running. The tokens also rise and fall in value and can be bought and sold, giving them characteristics of unregulated securities.
The SEC has yet to weigh in on the new market, meaning that buyers have little to no legal recourse if their money gets stolen.
CoinDash said in a statement on its website that it will provide tokens (CDTs) to people who sent ethereum to the fraudulent address prior to the CoinDash site being closed down. But transactions that took place after the site was shut "will not be compensated," the company said.
"This was a damaging event to both our contributors and our company but it is surely not the end of our project," CoinDash said. "We are looking into the security breach and will update you all as soon as possible about the findings."
A CoinDash spokesperson had no further comment, but referred CNBC to the website.
To assist the investigation, the company tweeted out a form for people to fill out if they tried to purchase coins.
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support, and networking opportunities to over 1500+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more at www.ncfacanada.org.
GlobalNews | | May 18, 2017
Canada's money-laundering watchdog is studying the use of crowdfunding platforms by suspected terrorists and says in an internal study that the reporting protocol poses a "significant challenge" in trying to identify such transactions.
The Fintrac report, obtained by The Canadian Press through an Access to Information request, says there is a lack of information available in electronic fund transfer reports on contributors to crowdfunding campaigns.
Financial companies, money services businesses and casinos are legally required to submit the reports to Fintrac for cross-border, electronic transactions above $10,000.
That lack of information poses a problem for financial intelligence, "especially when trying to flag individuals supporting a crowdfunding campaign that may be suspected of being (terrorist financing)-related by an investigative authority," Fintrac says in the November 2015 report.
See: Anti money-laundering watchdog assessing vulnerability of fintech startups
The federal agency said the reports typically don't include information on contributors to crowdfunding campaigns because the amounts transferred tend to fall below the reporting threshold of $10,000.
"Terrorism financing and high-risk traveller cases, in particular, most often entail relatively small amounts of money," spokeswoman Renee Bercier said in an email.
Daryl Hatton, founder of ConnectionPoint.com, a company that runs three crowdfunding websites, said they don't have to submit funds transfer reports because that is the duty of the payment processors.
"The short answer is that crowdfunding platforms leverage the anti-money laundering systems of our payment processors," Hatton said in an email.
"We add our own checks on the identities of the people running the fundraising campaigns but trust the much more sophisticated work our partners are doing in this area."
Hatton said he has removed a "very small number" of campaigns over terrorism financing concerns. The decision to remove the campaigns was made in collaboration with payment processors and was done more as a precaution, he said.
Craig Asano, the executive director of the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada, said it's important that there are mechanisms in place to detect such transactions.
The Financial Action Task Force, an international organization that aims to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, flagged crowdfunding as an emerging terrorism-finance risk in a 2015 report.
The task force report said crowdfunding platforms are vulnerable to being exploited for illegal purposes because people can mask the true reason for their fundraising efforts.
It also said there have been instances in Canada where people under investigation for terrorism-related offences have used crowdfunding sites before leaving the country or attempting to leave the country, suggesting that they could be using that money to fight overseas. But details of those cases were not provided.
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support, and networking opportunities to over 1500+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more at www.ncfacanada.org.
Remember the StikBox? The creative smartphone case selfie stick raised over $40K on Kickstarter for a product that would eventually cost about $47. But before the Kickstarter was even over, China was selling a perfect copy for as little as 8 bucks.
It's part horror story, part PSA: if you're planning to create a mass market product and release it over Kickstarter, be ready to deal with the lightning-quick copycats in China.
Isreali entrepreneur and creator of the StikBox, Yekutiel Sherman, was not ready. He did things the right way: put together prototypes, raised money from relatives to launch a professional crowdfunding campaign, and was prepared to deliver a fun, useful product.
But just one week after launching his successful Kickstarter, exact replicas started popping up online:
When his backers started finding the copycats, many of which were selling for less than half the discount price they paid on Kickstarter, the backlash was swift and unforgiving:
Are you kidding me? We need the product now. You're going to have your own lawsuit on your hands if you don't start producing the products we've all paid for. Stop worrying about other companies and distribute your product. You're company's barely into its first year and you're already running it into the ground.
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 1300+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more at www.ncfacanada.org.
Crowdfund Insider by JD Alois | December 2, 2015
During the buildup to the Securities and Exchange Commission's announcement regarding the final rules on Title III retail crowdfunding, the Commission filed a fraud case in the US District Court of Nevada. The SEC accused Ascenergy, a company ostensibly in the oil and gas industry, in an emergency action to stop ongoing fraud by the company and its CEO Joseph "Joey" Gabaldon. The company had been soliciting investors under Title II of the JOBS Act, seeking accredited investors to fund a startup company. Ascenergy had utilized several, well known, equity crowdfunding platforms having already raised approximately $5 million. Not a small amount. The statement by the SEC was damning. To quote:
"Ascenergy has raised at least approximately $5 million from 90 investors nationwide and internationally. Ascenergy has already spent at least $1.2 million of the offering proceeds, but only a few thousand dollars appear to have been used for oil and gas-related expenses. Instead, a significant part of the $1.2 million has been spent on payments to Galbadon or companies he controls, or for expenses unrelated to the oil & gas business, including, by way of example, foreign travel, fast food restaurants, Apple stores and iTunes, dietary supplements, and personal care products."
"…Ascenergy has no known oil and gas revenues or track record of reserve identification, drilling, or production…"
It is probably safe to say, dietary supplements and iTunes purchases were not in the Ascenergy business plan. The SEC stated that only approximately $2000 was spent on the oil and gas industry.
The complaint continues to outline how Ascenergy took funds and shifted them to different entities including Pyckl LLC, supposedly a web and mobile application development shop, which received $3.8 million. There was also a transfer to Alanah Energy, a company believed to be controlled by Gabaldon, in the amount of $100,000. These actions pretty much scream fraud.
There is plenty of information available on the internet documenting the Ascenergy mantra. You may view the siren song of "low risk and high return" here on YouTube.
The accusations and allegations by the Commission are so blatant the entire crowdfunding industry was taken aback. While there was a general acceptance that it was inevitable, fraud would occur at some point in the future, the speed and size was disheartening. Crowdfunding, at its core, benefits from exceptional transparency. So what went wrong?
Crowdfund Insider reached out to Sam Guzik, Chair of the Crowdfunding Professional Association (CFPA) and Senior Contributor for this publication, and he shared his perspective;
"The Ascenergy offering highlights the tension between the regulation of Title II platforms, which function more as bulletin boards assisting in the marketing of the offering, and the traditional broker-dealer which must register with the SEC as a broker-dealer. The latter operate under stringent FINRA rules, which provide for detailed due diligence procedures for all new offerings. The former are, in essence, unregulated. In my opinion what is needed is a new regulatory category for online platforms, who register with the SEC and operate under lighter oversight than a traditional broker-dealer."
Guzik is of the opinion that Congressional action is necessary to create a more balanced approach serving both investors and issuers alike. He believes there may be "stiff opposition" from certain sectors, but there remains a need for a balanced regulatory approach.
"Complying with FINRA rules applicable to traditional broker-dealers, though providing significant safeguards for investors, also add significant expense which is not "right-sized" to emerging Internet intermediaries. These post-JOBS Act intermediaries perform fewer functions than a traditional broker-dealer, and cannot readily absorb the costs associated with this level of regulation. Indeed, outside of real estate, the average deal size for today's Internet platform often ranges between $1.5 – 2 million, well below the $5 million benchmark utilized by a majority of traditional broker-dealers serving the lower end of the private placement market."
DJ Paul, co-chair of the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) and member of theSEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (ACSEC), believes this is an opportunity to step up to the plate and perform some much needed self-regulation.
"While deeply unfortunate, of course, the Ascenergy debacle is hardly unexpected. As long as there are people with money to invest, there will be fraudsters trying to take advantage of them. This is why CFIRA provides guidelines for Best Practices for its members and the crowdfunding industry generally. We recognize that funding platforms are the gatekeepers between investors and offerers. And we encourage all funding platforms, in the strongest possible terms, to take that responsibility seriously. The notion that funding platforms can merely list securities offerings, like some kind of glorified bulletin board, is both false and dangerous. Funding platforms have a duty to vet the offerings that appear on their sites."
Crowdfund Insider reached out to the funding platforms listed in the complaint by the SEC. According to the document [Crowdfunder], Equitynet, Fundable and [AngelList] were each referenced. With the exception of AngelList, not a one was willing to respond to inquiries from Crowdfund Insider.
Speaking with an AngelList representative, they stated absolutely no money transacted on their site. AngelList allows anyone to create a profile, but not just anyone can raise funds. The silence from the other platforms is understandable. There remains a question as to whether any platform liability remains. Sara Hanks, a securities attorney and CEO of CrowdCheck, is a highly respected member of the industry. Hanks reflected on the possibility of the SEC engaging the platforms in light of the alleged fraud;
"Platform liability will depend on whether the platform is deemed to 'make' the misleading statements that lead to liability. There's a Supreme Court case from 2010 that deals with this issue, and that says that whoever has ultimate authority over the statement, including its content and whether and how to communicate it, makes that statement."
What is widely known within the industry is that multiple platforms turned Ascenergy down. The curation and vetting process achieved its objective on several platforms and protected their investors. One platform operator stated that the Ascenergy pitch was like a "Securities 101 What Not to Do Manual".
SeedInvest rejected Ascenergy not just once. But twice.
Wefunder, another platform that dodged the bullet, stated;
"Ascenergy reached out to us last year to fundraise on Wefunder, and even offered to pay us to feature them. We did not allow them to fundraise from our community. We feel a great responsibility to make sure we do everything possible to mitigate fraud to protect our investors, and it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that something smelled sketchy with that company."
As far as we know, this is the very first case of equity crowdfunding fraud not just in the US but globally. The UK, a trailblazer of the industry, has yet to experience its first fraud. Sure there have been plenty of failed companies but the platforms have so far avoided fraudulent campaigns.
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 1300+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more About Us or visit www.ncfacanada.org.
WSJ Technology | Angus Loten | June 11, 2015
A Portland, Oregon man has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges he used "unfair or deceptive acts" to raise $122,000 from more than one thousand online backers on Kickstarter, a popular crowdfunding site.
The backers were led to believe they were funding a new board game, but the game's maker instead spent the cash on personal items, such as paying his rent and moving expenses, the FTC said. Kickstarter itself faces no charges in the case.
The move marks the first time the agency has taken legal action to protect online users in the booming crowdfunding industry, which comprises more than 1,250 online platforms worldwide that together raised $16.2 billion last year, up 167% from 2013, according to crowdfunding research firm Massolution.
According to Massolution, entrepreneurs and startups accounted for 40% of total crowdfunding dollars in 2014, compared to just 27% in 2012 and far ahead of the online dollars raised for social causes, films and performing arts, real estate and music.
Kickstarter says broadly that it is aimed at raising funds for creative projects, from "experiences" to "art" but it prohibits projects that are raising money for charity or for financial incentives, like equity, according to its website.
Erik Chevalier in May 2012 launched a 30-day online fundraising campaign on Kickstarter, seeking to raise $35,000 to create a fantasy board game called "The Doom That Came to Atlantic City," according to the FTC's complaint, filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon Portland Division.
Mr. Chevalier said on his project's Kickstarter web page that he would use the funds to cover the costs of product development, production and distribution, among other startup expenses, the FTC complaint said.
To entice contributors, Mr. Chevalier, presenting himself as the owner of The Forking Path, Co., promised them rewards, such as advanced copies of the game for pledges of $75 or more, and ornate pewter game pieces for pledges above $105.
The game's Kickstarter page also included a video of Mr. Chevalier describing the game and players gathered around a prototype. When the fundraising campaign closed on June 6, 2012, it had raised $122,874 from 1,246, including over 1,000, or about 85% of backers, who had pledged more than $75 each, according to the complaint.
Over the next year, Mr. Chevalier posted sporadic updates on the campaign's Kickstarter page, citing ongoing delays caused by patent infringement and manufacturing issues, among other obstacles.
But in July 2013, he abruptly canceled the project, saying in an online post that after paying to form the company, make the game pieces, move to Portland, get software licenses and hire more artists, the "money was approaching a point of no return."
This week, FTC officials said Mr. Chevalier instead spent the money on himself and a separate, unrelated project.
Under the settlement, Mr. Chevalier is barred from raising cash on crowdfunding platforms. A $111,793 fine was suspended due to Mr. Chevalier's inability to pay, according to the agency.
In a statement, Kickstarter spokesman David Gallagher said fundraisers on the site have "an incredible track record when it comes to following on their promises." But those that "abuse our system and backers' trust expose themselves to legal action," he said.
Jay Mayfield, an FTC spokesman, said the agency had received hundreds of complaints about Mr. Chevalier's venture, he said.
More than three-fourths of crowdfunding projects face delays, some for several years, before promised rewards are delivered to backers, according to Ethan Mollick, a professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania. Yet outright fraud is rare, he said.
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 1100+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more About Us or visit www.ncfacanada.org.
GlobalNews | | Apr 13, 2015
TORONTO – Crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundme minimize risk and protect their users from fraud, in part, by relying on their users to find it themselves.
Frauds can happen – a recent post by the unidentified creator of a fundraiser for a South Carolina officer accused of shooting Walter Scott alleges the fundraiser was a fraud.
This person claimed in a Facebook post that the campaign was created to raise money for their car payments.
"Well the jig is up; IndieGoGo pulled my support and returned all donations. I admit I was trolling and was looking to get enough donations to pay my car off," the person wrote on the Michael T. Slager Support Fund Facebook page.
"I never promised a single dime to Michael Slager and was careful not to say that I was. I was, as a gesture of fair play, going to seek a way to get him some small token of the donations (I was, of course, using his name and likeness)."
The owner of the Facebook page has not responded to requests for comment.
Fraudulent campaigns do happen but they are rare. A World Bank report on crowdfunding states "no successful fraud has been perpetrated through pledge-based crowdfunding platforms."
The report goes on to say would-be fraudsters were thwarted by "the transparency inherent in crowdfunding." Or – the large crowd of possible investors vetted the projects themselves.
"The crowd has been very successful at uncovering suspect campaigns," Craig Asano, the executive director of the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada said in an interview.
Websites like Kickstarter rely in part on their users to vet the campaigns. The Michael T. Slager Support Fund reportedly only received about $1,100 in large part because of the criticism it faced.
Asano said would-be investors should educate themselves about not only the project – making sure it's legitimate, and realistic – but also the website, making sure it uses accepted methods of payment.
But crowdfunding sites also have their own means of verifying legitimate campaigns and pulling down campaigns deemed unrealistic or illegitimate.
Indiegogo has an algorithm which seeks out fraudulent claims and employs a Trust & Safety Team which combs the site for bad projects, getting rid of anything that doesn't meet the site's terms or is deemed to be potentially fraudulent.
Kickstarter doesn't transfer any money until the project is completely funded. This, according to a spokesperson, helps keep people from being tricked into funding a fake project. But Kickstarter also, in part, relies on the community to vet the project.
"If I pledge to your project on day one and you turn out to be a bad actor, our Integrity Team has 60 days to look into the project, field user input," Justin Kazmark, a spokesperson for Kickstarter said in a statement.
The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada non-profit actively engaged with both social and investment crowdfunding stakeholders across the country. NCFA Canada provides education, research, leadership, support and networking opportunities to over 950+ members and works closely with industry, government, academia, community and eco-system partners and affiliates to create a strong and vibrant crowdfunding industry in Canada. Learn more About Us or visit www.ncfacanada.org.
Techvibes by Natasha Lomas | October 30, 2014
As crowdfunding has scaled up so too have some of the problems inherent with firing unconditional cash at people whose main selling point might just be their madcap idea. The big names of the category, the Kickstarters and Indiegogos, would argue that's the beauty of crowdfunding. People donating unconditional cash to someone else's dream, however incredible (or otherwise) it may be.
But when it comes to crowdfunding technical projects the category functions more as an extended marketing channel playing to an early adopter community of gadget enthusiasts — so there's understandably more of an expectation of a tangible, functional device at the end of the day. Which makes separating credible hardware projects from incredible fantasies more of an imperative. A potato salad is a potato salad is a potato salad. But a personal teleportation device remains science fiction (for now).
The risk of out-and-out scammers looking to make a fast buck from crowdfunding communities is an inevitable consequence of the rising profile of the category and its flagship hardware successes. Several of the highest funded crowdfunding projects to date have been hardware projects, including the Pebble smartwatch (which raised $10.3M) and Ouya console ($8.6M). Other multimillion dollar crowdfunding raises in recent times have included the Form1 3D printer and 3Doodler 3D printing pen, both now shipped. But there have also been problematic high profile campaigns too — such as the device we dubbed the "impossible" projection watch. Or Healbe's miraculous calorie-counting wristband. Despite some incredible claims these fantastical gizmos still pulled in big bucks.
Crowdfunding certainly has a credibility problem, and arguably a growing one (Kickstarter used to vet projects before they could be posted but ditched that check and balance earlier this year). But attempting to plug that credibility gap, or at least sprinkle some welcome scepticism on proceedings, is a two-man blog, called Dropkicker. It's been doing technical investigation of crowdfunding projects — acting as a sort of unofficial consumer watchdog for crowdfunding — for about a year.
I came across their work while parsing the comments on the Ampy hardware project on Kickstarter— and asked them to answer a few questions about their own initiative. "Dropkicker has exploded over the past year," says co-founder Michael Ciuffo. "There are a lot of people out there looking for some skeptical expert advice, and we're trying to do our best to provide it."
Who are the founders and writers of Dropkicker? And what's your technical background?
Jason Haensly (Occam's Chainsaw) – I'm a software engineer with 4 years of product development experience. I currently work at i1 Biometrics, a wearable tech startup whose launch product is a mouthguard that measures the severity of head impacts. Before that, I worked with Ciuffo at Synapse.
Michael Ciuffo (ch00f) – I got my degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 2011 and have three years of experience in product development specializing in small, consumer electronics. I worked for Numark Industries (now InMusic Brands) for a year before moving to Synapse Product Development in Seattle.
When did you launch Dropkicker?
Michael: Dropkicker started in the fall of 2013. We just passed our one year anniversary.
What was the trigger for setting it up?
Michael: During the summer of 2013, I found that one of my personal electronics projects (published on a personal blog) had been copied and used to launch a Kickstarter campaign. While I was mildly upset that my name wasn't mentioned in the campaign (despite the creators emailing me and asking for details a few months prior), I was more upset at their abysmally low funding goal. Having personally built the product in question myself, I knew that they couldn't deliver with the funding they were requesting.
Ultimately, they changed a fundamental feature of their product in a sort of bait-and-switch cost-savings effort, and delivered a few months late. The delivered product worked well enough to appease the backers, so I'm not going to mention their name specifically. Still, watching this all unfold was a very frustrating process, and it left me wanting a platform where I could explain in full the kind of challenges facing similar projects that many backers may not know about. I ran it by Jason who had some prior writing experience, and Dropkicker was born.
How are you funded? Presumably you still have day-jobs so this is a side project?
Michael: We are funded primarily by our day-jobs, and Dropkicker remains very much a side project. We have managed to get a few hundred dollars in donations and advertising revenue (which we try to be very up-front about), but when spread over the number of hours spent on the site, we're not even approaching minimum wage.
Do you think crowdfunding is becoming more of a target for scammers?
Jason: Sadly, yes, though I'm not sure they all involve malicious intent. With more and more of the traditional funding sources (e.g. VCs) demanding a successful crowdfunding campaign to demonstrate market viability, we're seeing an increase in the number of projects with no resources and hopelessly unrealistic goals. Whether they're a scam or just naive and optimistic comes down to intent, which we can't possibly judge.
I expect this to only get worse as the pool of potential backers – and their money – continues to grow.
Should crowdfunding sites be offering more checks and balances themselves, in your view?
Jason: The fundamental issue is a lack of accountability. If a project raises some money but fails to deliver, it's the responsibility of a scattered mix of backers to organize and fight, which is both difficult (since it's a process that will require both time and money) and often fruitless (since the project creators have likely burned through most of their resources).
Of course, more could be done to prevent questionable projects from getting funded in the first place. Currently, backers really only have access to the marketing materials provided by the project, and the comment section is typically a tangled mess – there are definitely tweaks the sites could make that would improve things a bit. More responsible tech journalism would help too.
Michael: As Jason pointed out before, a lot of the "scams" that we've found on crowdfunding sites are really the result of inexperienced people hopelessly overestimating their abilities (look up the Dunning Kruger effect for more detail). This is something that is really impossible to filter out. After all, one of the founding principles of the crowdfunding movement is giving power to the "little guy" who may not have the experience or accolades to get attention from traditional funding sources. So when a project raises over a million dollars for a half-baked idea, can you really blame them for being unable to follow through? They're supposed to be allowed to fail, but when tens of thousands of people get excited about the project, every false step starts to look like intentional deceit.
One of the biggest contributing factors to this is the enormous amount of pressure from overly enthusiastic tech journalists encouraging backers to flock to these projects without first taking a critical or skeptical view. This adds a false sense of credibility to a lot of these otherwise fledgling projects that they really don't deserve, and backers get upset when their unrealistically high expectations are broken.
As far as the actual scams go, I am happy to to report that Kickstarter at least has been stepping in lately for some of the more obvious ones. iFind, Scribble Pen, The Rock smartwatch, and Luci have all been shut down by Kickstarter after it became obvious that these projects were illegitimate. We would have rather they step in sooner than the final days of the campaigns, but at least they stopped money from changing hands.
Doing a full in-depth feasibility study for every technical project submitted to Kickstarter or Indiegogo is too large of a task for any company to reasonably offer without substantial compensation, so I recognize that these sites will probably never offer these kinds of services. That being said, there is a huge amount of brain power in the community that could be used to validate projects if they only had access to good information. Many project creators are very tight-lipped when it comes to project details either because they're hiding something or simply because they're busy and understaffed. Often requests for more detail or a product demonstration are ignored.
If there's anything crowdfunding sites could do to improve project credibility, it would be to require creator responses to pertinent backer questions. In a recent case, Kickstarter gave the Scribble Pen project 24 hours to produce a video demonstrating the current functionality of their prototype. Claiming that the request was unreasonable, Scribble left the site for Tilt. Tilt ultimately shut them down when their "product demonstration" was shown to be a fake done in post production. This is exactly the way we see that it should work. If your product doesn't work yet, be up front about it.
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Description1884 25C PR66 NGC. The golden-brown obverse field is framed by emerald-green and cherry-red. The reverse border exhibits ocean-blue and plum-lilac. A high grade and needle-sharp specimen of this low mintage date. Census: 39 in 66, 18 finer (9/10).(Registry values: P1) (NGC ID# 3TWH, PCGS# 5585)
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Nice little restaurant , everything was well cooked, like everywhere else a steak is rump not sirloin. Pasta was good, portion size again a Latin American thing, always too big. The complementary little garlic bun was delish.
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Nice little restaurant , everything was well cooked, like everywhere else a steak is rump not sirloin. Pasta was good, portion size again a Latin American thing, always too big. The complementary little garlic bun was delish.
This restaurant was very near our hotel (Cipreses) so we went here for dinner because it was convenient. It was terrific! I had the salmon. It was excellent, with a wonderful sauce. My husband had pepperoni & mushroom pizza, which was very good. The ambience...More
I visited this place with my family. The food is good, Italian style -off course-. The server size is the right and the prices are good. Not so expensive (Usd 40 for a 3 people, no liquor included).
Went there for a lunch. We had pizza as it is known as one of the best in Monteverde . Nice crust, simple and delicious! Great variety of choices (veggie included). Will recommend it for quality! the price was ok (for and expensive town as...More
A big selection of dishes with a huge array of pizzas. I had he ribs with BBQ sauce. Meat was a little overlooked but tasty. The chicken breast with mustard sauce was delicious. Good and friendly serviced. The blue gin and tonic was a nice...More
I visit the Monteverde area often and enjoy Bistro Bon Appetit. Every meal I have had has been very good and the service was excellent. - I recommend to put Bistro Bon Appetit on your list.
We had a nice dinner at that restaurant with pizza for both of us. They are really tasty and you have a wide range of styles to choose from. The waitress is really friendly and helpful, perfect in service and makes you really feel welcome.
We stopped by after a long day of hiking. It's much nicer inside than you would expect from the outside. The young waitress was very friendly and attentive to our needs. The food was just ok and seemed pricey for what you got. Our bill...More
My boyfriend and I went to Bistro Bon Appetite after hiking for 5 hours in the rain so we were starving and Bistro Bon Appetite did not disappoint. I had been craving pizza and the stone oven cooked pizza here hit the spot! We also...More
Very nice place with excellent food and service. I really recommend this place for those who are looking a nice restaurant with quality food and price.


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Petro Canada boycott
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West Fraser killed this link Hank Ketcham on their web page, how ever we will keep it live on our website
You can return to work on September 16, 2003 Tuesday morning.
If you are not able to return to work call your supervisor and inform the company.
If you are not able call your supervisor Please call the union hall.
On Monday September 08, 2003 Richard Longpre made a mediators recommendation to settle the dispute. CEP Local 298 and Eurocan agreed to recommend Richard Longpre's proposal.
The proposal contains NO CONCESSIONS
We are going to get the package ready for the Wednesday September 10 2003 Membership Meeting.
As per our bylaws the members must have the contract for five (5) days before voting.
It is our belief that there is a deal there but we don't see the value in any more face-to-face talks if the company is not interested in changing their way of meeting. We believe only a 3rd party will be able to resolve the Labour dispute. We have offered the company the option of a mediator but as of today the company was not willing to agree to mediation.
We are meeting on Friday September 05 2003 at 9:00 am for more Exploratory Discussions.
We are going to try to get a better scan
2003 union position: Protocol 6
Both parties agree to a complete 'media blackout'
for the entire length of the negotiations.
On Friday August 15, 2003 I was invited to a radio talk show, Eurocan declined to go on the talk show, now they say, 'They did not want to negotiate in the media.'
On Tuesday August 12 2003 at 10:15 am a truck hauling acid crossed CEP local 298's legal picket line. On Friday 14 2003 at 8:30 am Eurocan is bringing another truck hauling acid crossed CEP local 298's legal picket line. Why is Eurocan bringing another acid truck in? Everyone we have talked to says the same thing, "Eurocan is just trying to antagonize the workers." It is the same "Stick in your eye" attitude we have had for the last 5 years
Remember this: Company's Relationship Improvement Opportunity
"We are preparing a document outlining our proposal to deal with the relationship improvement opportunity, which we offer as the sole agenda item for this meeting."
Slowly but surely West Fraser and Eurocan is losing all creditability as more and more people realize what they are like.
As of today we have not received any letter from the District of Kitimat.
The meeting went well, first part was dispelling all the rumors that where out there, of course most of them started with the statement "a staff person told me."
We handed out copies of Rick Maksymetz letter of August 05, 2003 that dispelled the rumor that Eurocan wants to negotiate and it must be the Union that is the problem. Most people were clear in their minds; the problems we had in the past 5 years are the same problems we are having now.
This proves the company's relationship improvement opportunity will mean 5 more years of the same stuff. The saying is, "a leopard never changes its spots." Why won't West Fraser put all the great things we are getting told in writing (in a contract)? They must have no intention of honoring it because if it is in a contract, in clear language the courts will force them to honor it.
The question you have to ask yourselves is "Why won't West Fraser put it in writing?" Hint: if there is going to be a vote we will post it on this site
Thank you for your August 5, 2003 and July 16, 2003 letters to Hank Ketcham and myself respectively
Regarding your specific question to me "Do you want to get back to the bargaining table?" the answer is that our final offer, which is still currently open for acceptance by your membership, stands
Rick Maksymetz
General Manager
We have scanned the actual letter and put it up on the web site Rick Maksymetz letter of August 05, 2003 .
Kellie Ruff is will be willing to take on this responsibility. Thursdays and friday you can come down to the union hall and get some canned good. This is a joint venture with CEP Local 1127
HELPERS Wednesday July 30 2003 at 2:00 pm at Overwaitea we have a food order coming in and we had a great turn out people to load and unload trucks.
We also have had a few People mention, they need some work doing that need some Expertise. So if you need some help or can help out please call down to the union hall.
Also at the meeting we discussed Richard Longpre from the Ministry of Labour booking out of the attempt to get Eurocan to the table and what it meant to us. The direction from the floor was to stop thinking about a quick resolve and start planning for a long one. So that is what the executive is working on now.
Richard Longpre from the Ministry of Labour was involved in the dispute between CEP 298 and West Fraser. His position was not to negotiate a deal it was simply to get the 2 parties back to the table.
CEP Local 298 agreed to meet ANYTIME
CEP Local 298 agreed to meet ANYWHERE
CEP Local 298 agreed to meet with ANYONE
CEP Local 298 agreed to meet with NO PRECONDITIONS
CEP Local 298 agreed to meet "AND REMOVE AGENDA ITEMS"
July 22, 2003 Tuesday night Richard Longpre called me at home to tell me he was not able to get the parties to return to the bargaining table.
Why was Richard Longpre not able to get the parties back to the table? You will have to ask him.
What was West Fraser position on these questions? You will have to ask West Fraser.
This is because of what happened with the Petro Canada fuel truck crossing our
Legal Picket Line.
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CEP local 298 Consumer Leafleting
On May 27 2003 CEP local 298 began a Legal strike at the Eurocan Pulp and Paper mill in Kitimat B.C. CEP local 298 has had a Legal picket line at the Eurocan Pulp and Paper mill in Kitimat B.C. mill site. About 350 members are out on strike over safety and dignity issues. These people are your neighbors and customers in our city
Friday July 18, 2003 AT 9:15 AM a Petro Canada fuel truck crossed CEP local 298 LEGAL picket line this is a Canadian Company and they have assisted Eurocan Pulp and Paper in prolonging the strike.
We are asking everyone to BOYCOTT PETRO CAN and PETRO CAN products
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West Fraser Timber's 2003 Second Quarter Conference Call
Hank Ketcham talks about the Eurocan mill strike
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We sent this letter to see if Eurocan was interested in going back to the table. letter to Eurocan So far no reply
Richard Longpre Assistant Deputy Minister of Labor was in town to try and get the talks restarted between CEP 298 and Eurocan.
We had 2 days of discussions, of what could get the talks to begin again. These talks were interesting but unfruitful.
Currently there is no talks scheduled
Company's Relationship Improvement Opportunity
Now the company has a NEW "Relationship Improvement Opportunity" Eurocan is taking us back to the Supreme Court again. Because a fuel truck refused to cross our legal picket line, Even though the RCMP were there to make sure we did not do anything illegal. Eurocan is going to waste the Supreme Court's time instead of negotiating in good faith with us. Slowly but surely Eurocan and its management are losing all creditability as more and more people realize what Eurocan is like.
The company's relationship improvement opportunity on a CEP 298 web page
The company and CEP 298 negotiating committee will be meeting July 8, 2003 at 10:00 am. to discuss, quoting the company:
"We are preparing a document outlining our proposal to deal with the relationship improvement opportunity, which we offer as the sole agenda item for this meeting."
All the people of Hazelton are holding a picnic at the Carnaby Saw Mill.
We are all invited to go out and have a good time.
It is at, 11:00 am Thursday July 3, 2003 at the entrance
CEP 298 supports all the people of Hazelton.
CEP 404 the First Nations and the citizens of the Hazelton are fighting for the future of the area while the sawmills are all shut down logging trucks are rolling by to export raw logs. This means jobs, their children's future and money is all rolling down the road and getting exported with the logs.
Instead of coming out the front door and facing the concerned citizens and groups Gordon Campbell crept out the back door and into a police car and was whisked away. So people started to call him "Back Door Campbell"
The CEP was well represented and we had the big CEP banner with "RETHINK, RISE UP AND RESIST" on it. A special thanks To Karl-Heinz Luethje, Terry Lam and Dan Belleville who proudly carried the banner. Even though it was short notice CEP clearly had the largest turn out. Partly because our web site is checked out by every one in town on a daily bases!
The Picket line Picnic yesterday was interrupted when CN came down with their staff and took Loci 1375 across our picket line. Our brothers and sisters in the CN unions refused to cross our Picket line. The members of CEP Local 298 want to thank all the union members at CN for their support.
Picnic at the Picket line
2:00 pm today bring the family
June 11, 12, 13, 2003
G.M. Meeting with Dave Coles Thursday June 12, 2003 4:30 pm the meeting Will be at the Union Hall.
The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled.
We don't have the official ruling but this is what we understand. The company did not succeed in their application, but we must let the individuals across until we get a ruling from the LRB. We are waiting for the official ruling with an explanation of what it means from our lawyer.
It is disappointing that the company is willing to do this and not willing to negotiate in good faith with the union.
The court action by the company over the contractors on site was not decided on Monday but will continue Tuesday
The court action by the company over the contractors on site was not decided on Friday but will continue Monday
Why has the company not put these union positions in the news paper? Probably because it does not fit with the misinformation the company is pedaling. If they can get the public believing a lie then people will attack the union.
Why did they not close Smithers mill? Probably because no one from Smithers would be able to put pressure on us, but closing the Terrace mill and guess what happens?
It is disappointing that the company is more interested in stalling by going to the LRB and the B.C. Supreme Court, than sit down with the union and bargain in good faith to get a contract that both parties can live with. In our opinion it is because they don't know how to negotiate.
Some of the items other mills in the province have got, Blue Net Card, full benefits for retirees, the 4- 10 work week and no concessions. They have the Blue Net Card else where in west Fraser why can't we have it here?
Since the Union turned down the company's final offer on May 27, 2003 the company has not talked to us about further Negotiations.
People have been calling and asking if there is anything the members on the line need. I asked them and they said "fire wood, hot dogs and buns"
The question has been asked, "What will it take to settle the dispute that we are engaged in?" Your bargaining committee has made it clear to the company bargaining committee that to settle this dispute they will need to address your concerns in regards to safety, training, seniority, dignity in the workplace and that there will be no concessions on any part of the agreement. The Norske pattern was based on the premise that there would be no concessions; West Fraser and Kent Elliott are clearly demanding concessions.
We are continually asked about our outstanding demands on monetary issues and we have made it clear to the employer that money is not our main concern. Safety, training, seniority, dignity in the workplace and language issues are what is important to us. The workers that have retired from CEP Local 298 and Eurocan who built Eurocan are important to us. The company is putting out the spin that money issues are the only things the union is interested. The company knows this is not the case; this is another West Fraser and Kent Elliott strategy to spread misinformation.
We have shown the company what is necessary to allow the wounds of the last five years to heal and the blue print that needs to be put in place place to rebuild trust. Both parties agree trust will be necessary for Eurocan to be successful for another thirty years and for all workers at Eurocan to have dignity in the workplace.
May 21, 2003
For 5 years West Fraser and Kent Elliot could not be trusted but now West Fraser and Kent Elliot say "TRUST ME" for the next 5 years.
Do they trust your negotiating committee? .
Do they trust you? NO! West Fraser and Kent Elliot are treating you like children. So they want grown ups to make sure you vote right.
West Fraser and Kent Elliot are telling you they are offering the Norski deal. The Norski deal is a NO CONCESSIONS DEAL. West Fraser and Kent Elliot want concessions.
West Fraser and Kent Elliot have not addressed your agenda items. The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME"
Safety,------ The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME"
Training, ------The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME"
Seniority,------ The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME"
Blue Net card, ------The companies' answer is "NO" employees will forget to claim so we get to keep the money
Apprenticeships, ------The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME"
Relief supervision. ------The companies' answer is "NO"
Line of progression, ------The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME"
Safe manning levels, ------The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME"
False job qualifications, ------The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME"
A fair discipline process, ------The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME"
Acceptable Benefits for retirees, ------The companies' answer is "NO" They get enough.
And Clear no cost language, etc. ------The companies' answer is "NO" "TRUST ME
May 20, 2003
It is only Kent Elliot's culpability in the behavior of the Eurocan Pulp and Paper management team that prevents him from reaching an agreement with us over our contract language items. Kent Elliot and those like him are responsible for the unfair and unsafe working conditions in the mill for the last five years.
West Fraser and Kent Elliot are not moving on language positions. We have given them every opportunity to look for a resolve that meets your needs while addressing theirs. West Fraser and Kent Elliot have not addressed your agenda items, Safety, Seniority, Line of progression, Training, False job qualifications, Apprenticeships, Safe manning levels, Acceptable Benefits for retirees, Blue Net card, A fair discipline process and Clear no cost language, etc.
West Fraser and Kent Elliot have only one way to maintain the existing unfair and unsafe working conditions, and that way is to somehow lower our resolve, our resolve which has been forged in the last five years, it will not be broken in the last hours of this negotiations.
The company refuses to pay the workers benefits and the worker pays the employer back after the strike or lock out.
The Union pays the benefits and the workers pay The Union back after the strike or lock out if no protocol is in place.
You should go into the bank and talk to them about your mortgage during a strike or lockout.
Strike pay will be $250.00 per week the usual rules apply, member in good standing, signed up for picket duty, etc.
On Wednesday Kent Elliot was challenged on false claims he had made the previous week. He had agreed to provide evidence to back up his false claims and he has not. He was told he would not be allowed to make false claims at the negotiating table.
Once again Kent Elliot has attempted to make a false claim while at the negotiating table. During a discussion on strike protocol Kent Elliot said that Local 298 delegates had proposed illegal picket lines as a threat. This is false. When asked for a copy of the company's meeting notes that would support the company claim, Kent Elliot refused to provide them.
In the past Local 298 picket lines have been token affairs, under law we are allowed a full moving picket line across all mill access points. We have said that if the company pays the health and welfare benefits of Local 298 members during a strike, if one occurs, the members will repay this amount to the company during the first six months when they return to work. Kent Elliot is not interested in a token picket line; whatever is allowed by law is his standard. We believe this is not good for the community. We offered to meet on Monday and the company refused, your delegates will be meeting with the company after the strike vote.
Ballet vote will be held at 3 meeting in the union hall on:
April 28, 2003 at:
2:00 pm 4:30 pm and 7:30 pm.
For vote meeting times and dates
Peter G. King
President CEP 298
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Due to the significant increase in the cost of services provided by the science publisher Elsevier in recent years, the University of Konstanz has decided not to continue its license agreement with the major publisher of scientific journals. Elsevier made the headlines already in 2012 because of its aggressive pricing when scientists internationally called for a boycott of this publishing house within the framework of the initiative "The Cost of Knowledge".
"For the University of Konstanz, the cost-benefit ratio with Elsevier significantly deteriorated in recent years. Due to the low willingness of the publisher to negotiate, we see no other option than to break off negotiations," explains Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rüdiger, Rector of the University of Konstanz.
Scientific journals form an essential basis for scientific exchange. The purchase of scientific journals is therefore essential for research and teaching at a university. "Universities are in a way forced to purchase a good back in the form of expensive subscription fees – a good which is actually produced by their own scientists," illustrates Petra Hätscher, director of the service network KIM for communication, information and media of the University of Konstanz.
The major publishing house Elsevier, which currently publishes more than 2,500 scientific journals annually, carried out a substantial price increase in recent years. The average price of the licensed Elsevier magazines was last at 3,400 euros per year at the University of Konstanz, or almost three times higher than the second most expensive major publisher.
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Many of you have wanted to know why. Tonight, we're getting to the bottom of where that investigation stands.
According to investigators, Emiley Gassie Thibodeaux was shot and killed as her husband was cleaning out his gun. State police took over the investigation that night.
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Following the shooting, many of you began weighing in.
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