I should add that my brother is one of the top civil rights attorneys in the Midwest, but also has cases in California, Colorado and about half the other states.
Rather than this A-hole Kevin threatening people, it sounds to me more as if there is a valid class action against him and his wife if their identities are true and it can be proven that they did not provide valid leads to their customers.
They are likely aware of this and use the threats of litigation to scare off those who are afraid to call an attorney or think that they cannot afford one. Most good attorneys, like my brother, receive a contingency fee of 33%, so there is no cost whatsoever for a consultation or even when a case is filed.
Of course, a lot would depend on the agreement that "customers" agreed to, if binding arbitration is required, etc.
I do not want to get my brother involved with this, but if I had paid $1K and not received any writing jobs from it, I likely would have sent them a complaint letter via whatever state they are incorporated and let the two scammers worry about litigation rather than the other way around.
I'm not a lawyer but, so everyone knows, cease-and-desist letters should come from an attorney and cite the appropriate statute(s) that may have been violated. I received one last year through my job and did comply. It cited the very statute and case law.
Reading the comments by deanna, Yule, etc., gave me more of a sense of liability on Contena's part than anything else.
Once the complaint and request for discovery is filed against Kevin and his wife, they would be compelled to answer in a court of law. It would probably make some of the crypto scammers look like amateurs when it all comes to light.
I wonder what the statute of limitation is on fraud like this.
The comments are mostly five years old, but if there are more recent victims of their fraud, my best advice is to contact a civil rights attorney in your area and state your case.
They likely no longer have $1,000 or $1,500 to refund every customer who fell sucker to their promises, but my best guess is that ultimately they would be compelled to.
