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Accusation: About three weeks ago I received the following message: check who upvote for him this guy can make ~100 accounts in 2 weeks... idk man I just want to give you that pointer... i wish to remain

Accusation: A few days ago, an anonymous tipster sent me this link and a simple question: "Is this ok or should I flag this?" So let us take a look, a low effort spam-post featuring a single

During my investigations, I often come across some less relevant cases, stories from the past or inconclusive leads. Some I may find worth mentioning, I will present them to you as "Cookie Crumbs".

This one is going to be a bit funny, in a sad way. The Situation: It's now a little over a week ago that I had posted about a rather ridiculous case of impersonation. The accounts of @ravenrillay and

ATTENTION: The culprits have responded to this case and are willing to make amends. Please see the footer and the comment section for the latest updates! Accusation: @swelker101 from the @minnowsupport

Accusation: It is not really an accusation this time, it is more of a known fact that @ecoworld has abused the reward pool. Many users have approached me about this, well, not this incident specifically,

This is not a concluded case with undeniable evidence. The following observations are merely some facts I could find concerning current events. The Situation: Just recently a few artist's steemit accounts

During my investigations on bigger cases, I will usually come across some small fish, too. Obvious cases, barely worth mentioning, but to keep you entertained, i will present some of them to you as

Accusation: I was recently asked to look into the background of a flag-war being carried out on steemit. The flagging was, as so often, sadly, only being carried out on the basis of personal views and

Accusation: During my investigations for Case 7, I stumbled upon, what initially looked like a promising clue. While inspecting the "farm-grounds", old posts that were used to post spam-comments,

Accusation: Randomly scanning the blockchain for suspicious activities, a chain of votes on a seemingly innocent spam comment caught my eye. 19 votes from accounts with random-syllable usernames on a days

During my investigations on bigger cases, I will usually come across some small fish, too. Obvious cases, barely worth mentioning, but to keep you entertained, i will present some of them to you as

Accusation: While digging up information about @elena2017's case I was in close contact and had tremendous support from the real Ekaterina She had the initial hunch and was essential to pulling the account

Accusation: The real Ekaterina (the artist being impersonated by @katrinart) notified a fellow artist on vk.com about her steemit case. The account @elena2017 is running the same scam! The Findings: Are

Accusation: None! The account @katrinart caught my eye all by itself. The Findings: You might remember my 1st case. This is in essence the same story with a slightly better disguise. @iconzbranding had

What Happened Next: My 1st case has immediately been able to achieve something! A fellow righteous steemian, @kaykunoichi, had contacted the real Arinze Stanley Egbe and we have confirmation from the source,

Accusation: @sighanchi is running a network of fake accounts upvoting spam&plagiarism. An anonymous steemian reported about the account on discord. I went out to investigate! The Findings: The evidence

Accusation: @inkedandsexy is running a network of fake accounts upvoting borderline plagiarism. An anonymous steemian reported about the account on discord. I went out to investigate! The Findings: The

Accusation: @iconzbranding is claiming to be the creator of Arinze Stanley Egbe's artwork. The relatively new account of @iconzbranding is making quite some waves here on steemit.com. He's receiving a

Dear Steemians, The recent rise of spam, fake-accounts, plagiarism and hatespeech has become unbearable! I am starting my work here today. I will look for and warn about spammers, fakers and trolls! If