He hasn't replied in awhile, which makes it even sound more fishy

He has logged into 2+2 today and still nothing to say?
wtf bike, tell us something

That tells plenty tbh.

The silence is deafening..

Great video that he posted today with bank statements shown. Give the kid a break!

Surprisingly as it might seem, when every notification you get is another faceless screenname ripping into you about what a lying POS person you are, you feel like taking the phone off the hook for a little while.

It looks like the 2 most likely scenarios are either in the Experian hack, or I had lost my passport somewhere in the move here, always assumed it had gotten buried in a book or something but when I couldn't find it when I went to Punta Cana I had to report it lost and get a new one, so it's possible that ended up in the wrong hands. There is still hope on the horizon with getting it worked out as I've requested reports from the major credit reporting agencies and hopefully that will show some additional evidence as to my SSN being leaked.

I also received some pretty hopeful news of a pretty cool job opportunity from a reader of this thread. We met last Sunday and he works for a company that installs instrument landing systems at airports around the world. Contracts typically last a few weeks, your flight is paid for and you earn a favorable daily rate of just under $800/day. A big plus is you're never required to work a contract each job is it's own separate thing, so this could be a really great way to get a roll back rather quickly. I should know by Christmas if this is something that is going to be a go or not, praying that it is.

What have I been doing in the past couple weeks? Seeking for some more overlays on dailys that resulted in about +$600. I went 4/4 in the Ballys $130 2k GTD because that's been an overlay machine, they realized that and no longer offer one at noon. I've played a little bit of cash, had a few breakeven sessions, then one night I was playing at Caesar's and lost a set VS FD for a +$600 pot. It was pretty standard how the hand played out but I can't remember being that tilted about losing a big pot in quite some time, I can't really afford to run bad, which means I can't really afford to play. I've heard really good things about the rodeo being in town and Bravo seems to reflect that, so perhaps I might fire one or two sessions and see how it goes.

I am thankful for the people in my life and the poker community who have reached out with actual support and advice. I couldn't really justify spending the money on a plane to return for Thanksgiving (still unsure about Christmas actually), and had multiple people invite me over and it was one of the most enjoyable thanksgiving's in memory. Spike, Neeme & others have been pretty great with support, one guy even opened up his garage as a storage place so I could off the expense of my monthly storage locker. So I'll keep this updated on how things progress and what ends up happening. Actually recorded another podcast with Spike this past week that was way overdue, talk a little bit about this at the tail end but the majority of it is on what has been going on in Vegas Poker the past couple months to now and what's upcoming.

Until then I think it's best to adopt a Dr. Suess mindset when it comes to 2p2. "Always speak your mind, because the people who mind don't matter and the people who matter don't mind."

Cheers.

Kudos for showing proof. That's all we were asking for. When you choose to make your life public and it's a crazy tale, I think it's natural for people to question your authenticity. Viewers of your vlog and followers of your story don't want to suspect they're being misled.

I wish you well and hope to hell you succeed in getting your money back.

Thanks for the posting the video. I have a few questions regarding your account of what happened. Here are some dates/posts to preface my questions:

• 10/23/17 - Post about your international trip to Punta Cana, including how you have to run to catch your flight, presumably the one that's taking you out of the USA (link)
• 11/15/17 - Your original post about the fraudulent transactions (link)
• 11/20/17 - Your response to questions about why Banking Reg E isn't protecting you (link)
• 12/08/17 - Your youtube video where you show the bank statement with some of the fraudulent transactions - the earliest dated transaction is 10/24/17, the latest is 10/26/17] (link - 0:45 into video)

My Questions:

1. In your video you said you were out of the country (link - 1:14 into video), and that you told your bank you'd be out of the country, and that there were "complications because of that". What specifically do you mean by "complications"? Do you mean that it made it more likely for the bank to approve the international transactions rather than flagging them as potentially fraudulent? Or that the bank is questioning their liability since you notified them you were out of the country?

2. In the bank statement shown in the video (link - 0:45 into video), there are three fraudulent transactions displayed, the earliest being 10/24/17 and the latest 10/26/17, totaling $23,400. Underneath that is a Credit and Debit total line showing $45,0007.54 in debits, of which $43,000 was fraudulent based on your claims. The three transactions were spaced one day apart each (10/24 - $9,9000, 10/25 - $9,9000, 10/26 - $3,600). Based on these dates and patterns, the date of the first fraudulent withdrawal (not shown) must have occurred prior to 10/24, likely at least 3 days before 10/24 if the spacing and daily $$$ limits were the same. That would place the first withdrawal on 10/21 at the earliest, which is at least 2 days before you left the country if we assume your post was made just before leaving the country (link). Have you notified the bank about this, as it would negate the "complications" you described in my question #1 above?

3. When you were asked by a poster why the bank wasn't protecting you from fraud under Banking Reg E, you responded (link) with details about the deadlines bank have for providing a provisional credit for the disputed amounts. But provisional credit aside, you were also asked why the bank wouldn't ultimately agree to return the disputed amounts permanently, since Reg E gives you 30 days to report the fraudulent transactions for their tier 2 fraud coverage, which gives the consumer a max $500 personal liability for the fraudulent amounts (link). To this question you replied " I did not report the transactions until 5 business days later". But this is still well within the 30 days required by Reg E, so what justification is the bank providing for not adhering to Reg E?

4. The fraudulent transactions occurred through 10/26 . On 11/16 you posted "It has been a solid three weeks of nonstop phone calls, emails, and research fighting to get my own money back with dismal results." (link). This implies you discovered the fraudulent transactions (and started to contact the bank about them) on 10/24 (which represents 11/16 minus 3 weeks), which would be just one day after you left the country on your trip and while the fraudulent transactions were still occuring. But in your original post about the theft (link), you indicated you first discovered something was wrong when you tried to use your bank card for a rental in Orlando airport, which occurred after you returned from your Punta Cana trip. Your timelines for when you discovered the funds missing vs when you started contacting the bank are thus off by several weeks, unless I'm overlooking something.

Just wanted to post and show some support - best of luck bike! Love the dr Seuss mindset


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Few more questions, this time about the bank statement posted in the video (link - 0:45 into video ). Here is a screen shot for reference:

Screenshot of Bank Statement

1. None of the running balances for the debit/credit amounts appear to add up. For example, at the bottom, the 10/25 balance is $3,614.97. There are two debits after that, one for $3,600.00 (fraudulent transfer), and one blurred-out (for privacy) for $36.00. The resulting balance shown is ($18.03) - shouldn't it be ($21.03)? The same type of running-balance discrepancy occurs for the transactions above it as well.

2. The alignment of the text for the Western Union transactions appears inconsistent, which is unusual for computer-generated/rendered statements. I drew a vertical red line in the screenshot above to demonstrate.

Wow that is not good.

Lol im done trolling this kid , this is my last post about the epic bikeking. When I saw his latest video , couldn't help but cringe and facepalm. Wtf is so secret about your banking transactions? If someone wants to see how often I eat fast food or how much I spent at Walmart I'm not sure what you're worried about lol . I Was gonna go detective like pocket zeroes but simply not worth my time, although it would be entertaining .

BTW agree with everything pocket zeroes said , plz answer promptly bike

Waiting for the third version of his bank statement which fixes the above problems.

Im in

Yeah, those blurred out transactions show Punta at the beginning. Not sure if that's either here or there. Haven't looked into it that much. Props to bike for providing an update though.

I am very glad to hear that you are doing well and that perhaps the healing is beginning. Wish you the best for a very pleasant holiday season.

As pocket_zeros pointed out, the bank statement just doesn't look legit - lots of arithmetic errors and also inconsistent formatting. That needs to be addressed.

A lot of posters seem obsessed with the validity bike's statements. You've all made your points that he's FOS and you are probably right. I believed Bike and bought in. I don't feel like cheated or humiliated or anything like that. Just feel,that ok, it is what it is. Does not mean that much to me at the end of day. However, it does seem to mean a lot to many of you or perhaps it is something else like maybe you are enjoying attacking Bike. It gets old. I abandoned this thread for the most part anyway but I skim when a new post comes up. Won't bother anymore with that.

My question is if you have 43k in the bank why the hell are you living out of your car makes no sense to me

This part makes absolutely no sense.

The cheapest of cheapskates wouldn't do it.

One way or the other, Bikeking has some mental health issues.

The temp job he might be starting soon will help his brain to start thinking straight again.

As a homeowner, this makes plenty of sense to me. Houses are a huge pain in the ass. There's certainly an alternate timeline where if I didn't have a family, living in car/van/RV would be the way to go.

It also makes sense to enough people to have a subreddit dedicated to it: https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/

Living in a van or RV is a whole different story than living in a tiny car.

Actually the more telling thing in this thread is bikeking posting personal stories (this last one being pretty outlandish) and then expecting everyone just to go along with it and is upset when people are skeptical. Or as he frames it, we're haters. Here is a great solution....dont post vlogs or messages on a public message board to make your personal life public! What a concept......

I have every right to be skeptical about some far fetched story. If it's true, so be it. But until 100% proven I will remain skeptical and I have every right to state I'm skeptical.

I have watched many youtube videos about living in rv's, van's, and yes, even cars, full time. So those people are out there. I actually don't doubt his sincere desire to live that lifestyle. People on here act like $43k or whatever is a fortune. I dont know how you people live, but $43k in savings is a couple bad mistakes from living on the street....

He placed a higher premium on building the bankroll as fast as possible for 2-5 which he was about to move up to than on comfort. It's extreme, but definitely faster.