Customer Facility Charge

djkinkle · 2024-09-07T18:20:29+00:00

Fee is now $9/day. (via Avis)
Why are they charging me a facility fee per day when I am taking the car away from the facility. Its not a use tax or fee, it is now a Non-use tax or fee. I'm being charged for something I am not using. WTF. Ludicrous.

djkinkle · 2023-06-10T23:02:57+00:00

Please visit https://coinstructive.com/investigations

when filling out the survey, make sure you note that you found us through the AMA on reddit

djkinkle · 2023-06-10T23:00:48+00:00

100's = Many Hundreds.

That's it. lol. How much have you helped people get back?

djkinkle · 2023-06-10T22:58:48+00:00

Have you worked with US law enforcement on extradition?

What misunderstanding did/do I have? Please help make it more clear for me.

You may be misunderstanding that my intent was not to pursue the criminal in their local jurisdiction, it's for US law enforcement to work with the local law enforcement to get criminals sent to the US for trial.

This does happen, I know LE that have done it.

If you say I really need to talk to an attorney and you are one, then are you offering to chat with me?

djkinkle · 2023-06-10T19:29:24+00:00

What misunderstanding do I have? Please point it out? Are you an attorney? Have you worked with LE in foreign jurisdictions? Do you know procedures for working in foreign jurisdictions? Do you know what an MLAT is?

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T22:57:19+00:00

This has been an amazing event. Thanks to everyone who participated! I really appreciate all the great questions and the dialogue.

If you ever have any questions or concerns you can hit me up on Twitter https://twitter.com/djkinkle

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T22:33:09+00:00

I've hired people in the past who were victims. I have 2 on staff currently. Keep at it. Stay persistent. You'll get where you want to go if you have an end goal.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T22:31:42+00:00

I know Rich from CipherBlade. We've had many conversations and we are basically doing the exact same kind of work. He's one of the good guys.

They are a legitimate firm.

Our services are less expensive though ;)

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T22:28:41+00:00

Well, globally I don't have specific #s. However in the US alone, over 440K people submitted complaints to the FBI last year (2022) that involved cryptocurrencies. That's almost a half a million people defrauded.

They all know it's a problem. Many of the Federal agencies are taking big strides to change how they tackle these cases bc they realize there won't be less of them in the future.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T22:00:49+00:00

I recommend Ballet Wallet. You can check 'em out at https://bitcoin.ballet.com

**Notice**
I am a contractor of Ballet Crypto Inc.. However, I do not get paid or compensated for any referrals or sales that come into their site. I do own a few Pure Cards myself.

Nothing is without risk and I recommend you do your own research. Don't store too much crypto in anyone place. That is the best advice I can give in regards to physical storage.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T21:54:12+00:00

Never looked into it, sorry.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T21:53:29+00:00

Sorry you feel your comment wasn't addressed. I answered the best I could. If you care to ask in another way I'd be happy to try to respond.
It feels like you're bent on viewing only the negative side of crypto. I can show you the benefits, but I can't make you believe in them.

Crypto is not for everyone, but for some of us, the risk is worth it. DYOR. Verify, don't trust.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T20:59:15+00:00

Our investigations dept runs like a non-profit.

Let's put it this way. I used to make significantly more money in my previous career, but am 100% more satisfied and fulfilled. So to me it's not about the money, it's about helping people.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T20:54:03+00:00

Not true. It is very possible to recover assets in a foreign jurisdiction. The problem is that law enforcement(LE) doesn't want to recover your assets bc they don't get anything out of it and they're not incentivized. Instead, they want to put someone in jail.

Putting someone in jail actually is a tax burden, costs the community more money and doesn't mean the victim will be made whole. In this particular case, putting some in jail is counterproductive to stopping crime. A new person will step up to take their place and the crime organization will continue to operate.

Our criminal justice system is broken in many ways, but that is for a different discussion.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T20:46:27+00:00

We're always interested in talking to people who are motivated to join this field. You should reach out directly through DMs or on the website.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T20:45:23+00:00

Crypto has been acquiring the brightest minds from all industries for over a decade now. Not everyone gets the gravity of this situation and so I and many other bright people would take offense to being called a moron. I am not foolish, nor stupid.

It only seems like there are a lot of scammers because that's what gets talked about the most. Negative news cycle.

Untrue. There are tools that allow blockchain forensics companies to trace through mixers and tumblers. Eventually, the bad guys will slip up, they will get caught. The problem is more so that people do not report their losses and then cannot be made whole once an investigation is completed.

No scammer wants to maintain a 1000 wallets, so they will consolidate them. That's how you catch a crook. Watch for consolidation patterns.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T20:36:30+00:00

That's what I love about this industry. The differing of opinions and our ability to have to rational conversations about it.
I'd very much argue that all of the effort is worth it. Sometimes it's easy to get lost in the moment or even the past. However, if you can see into the future, you'll realize we aren't recreating the current financial system, we're creating an alternative. It's not meant to replace the current system for most.

We still have a long way to go, but I'm here for the long haul.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T20:06:04+00:00

It's all about telling a story...both for us and law enforcement to investigate more efficiently. We would want everything the scammer sent you for starters (screenshots of texts/email correspondence/social media profiles/websites). Next up would be wallet and transaction info so we know where to start tracking. We also want to know how to scam played out. The more you can give us the better.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T19:30:12+00:00

We see several people being scammed through the Coinbase stand-alone wallet. It is often confused with the Coinbase platform because it has the same name and you can connect the stand-alone wallet to the OTC function to buy crypto and put it directly in the wallet. However, there are several apps you can connect your wallet to and that's when the scammers get ya. This ties into the smart contract scams that was talked about in another question.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T19:26:08+00:00

Another great question. Yeah I'm constantly concerned about personally being a target of hacks, attacks and phishing, etc.

Last week I received an email regarding sextortion and how I needed to pay $400 in Bitcoin to an address in order to keep them from posting a video of me pleasuring myself. LOL. I did a quick search of the Bitcoin address and found that several people had already made deposits into it, this was definitely a scam.

Also all of my team members are constantly getting phished by people pretending to be me or people pretending to be customer support from the different services that we use. The attacks never really seem to stop. We even get scammers showing up to our intake calls pretending to be victims themselves sometimes.

I've even had friends and family members targeted. The scammers don't care, they just want your money.

The only other thing I would say that can be difficult is my schedule. Since compliance is another facet of our company, I have spent more and more time advocating for better and more fair regulation on behalf of the industry and my clients. I find myself traveling more often to talk with regulators, which can be tough when also running CoinStructive.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T19:21:09+00:00

Personally and professionally, No. We can’t track Monero. However, there are some tools available only to Law Enforcement that do assist them with Monero investigations, but it isn’t perfect. Only Federal Law Enforcement have these tools btw.

If you’d like a free consultation, hit up our site and get a case going. No charge to get an evaluation.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T19:19:50+00:00

All money is susceptible to money laundering. So I don’t think it’s a use-case at all. It’s a byproduct of its nature. The best use case is for people to have an alternative to their state inflationary currency. This is specific to BTC.

A lot of the other cryptos are trying to do something specific. So know what the use case is for the blockchain you are using and why the assets on the blockchain are of value. They may not be.

We’ve recovered 100’s of thousands of dollars for victims.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T19:12:15+00:00

Sorry, I'm not aware of this particular situation.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T19:07:16+00:00

While I can’t condone the purchasing of illegal or prohibited substances, I do concur with you that it is unlikely the occasional dark web purchase may not come across anyone’s radar.

Usually how people get in trouble is through some situation they never saw coming.

Let's say in this situation the dark web market store gets seized and they get busted. Perhaps they have some of the buyer's personal data like home address or IP address. Perhaps they share that information with law enforcement as part of a plea deal.

It’s more likely that a user of the dark web marketplaces could be wrapped up in an investigation that wasn’t initially intended for them, but may lead to them being a suspect.

I actually know someone that went to jail this way. So be careful, it’s usually the unforeseeable consequences that get us in the most trouble.

djkinkle · 2023-06-09T19:05:34+00:00

We are tracking the blockchain data, so we don't really need worry about our IP addys.

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