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Original research etc.

I've tried to clean this a bit to read less like a magazine article, but there are still some sections to be fixed. There is a lot of original research and opinion, such as:

  • "e-gold's failure was ultimately due to the inability of their business model to provide a system of reliable user identification and the failure to provide a workable dispute resolution system to identify and cut off illegal and abusive activity in their user community"
  • "However, in its actions from 2006-2008 the U.S. Treasury Department in conjunction with the United States Department of Justice stretched the definition of money transmitter in the USA Patriot Act to include any system that allows transfer of any kind of value from one person to another, not merely national currency or cash."
  • "Though this action failed in court, Turk had successfully positioned himself in the market as the "inventor of digital gold" even though Jackson was the one who had taught himself how to program and written the first version of e-gold himself."

I don't want to rush in to delete the opinionated parts wholesale, as there appears to have been a history of undiscussed deletion on this article. Ruby Murray (talk) 15:00, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Updated legal status

I fixed broken links and replaced a ref to primary source Goldmoney.com website with something more NPOV. Also, I removed half a dozen citation needed tags. In each instance, I did one of the following:

  • found and included decent ref's, or
  • removed unsourced material that was conjectural.

A lot has happened with the return of customer funds. It is important to acknowledge that E-gold owners cooperated with and helped the U.S. District Attorney so that legitimate customers had legal recourse and their money was returned.

In the past, the article swung from extremes, and read like an endorsement for goldmoney. The E-gold guys are not vulnerable innocents either, but rather, an attorney and an oncologist in Florida. Further edits to assure NPOV might be necessary.

--FeralOink (talk) 23:42, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

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