Pretty sure ccp has said they are a good honest group you should feel proud to give your credits gained from paying for a gtc through them to

Panama has no information exchange agreements with other countries. That means that an official letter from the tax office in your country to any of Panamanian banks or government agencies will fail to produce the result. In most of cases, such a letter will remain unanswered. That is what is meant with sovereign country. Panama is independent and unlimited by any other country. It has its own government and is not subject to another power.

The IRL equivalent to this is the US government giving weapons manufacturers or PMCs tax breaks because of their excellent community work.

I think the best answer is that http://cogdev.net Somers site is registered in Panama, a place with such wonderfully strict laws and high standards.
For example

Source: http://www.viaden.com/products/panama_license.html

Not posting with my main because reasons.

The question is: has SomerBLINK ever had its systems reviewed by a reputable source?

With any sort of gambling institution, the whole point is to fleece users of their hard-earned geld.

Is that how they avoid taxes... huh.

Internet gaming companies domiciled in Panama enjoy complete tax exemptions. Customs duty concessions are given for imports needed to carry on Internet gaming. As long as the income made from Internet operations is to jurisdictions outside of Panama, there is no income tax, withholding tax, sales tax or VAT tax.

Lovely company for CCP to get into bed with.

Also probability...

I think the best answer is that http://cogdev.net Somers site is registered in Panama, a place with such wonderfully strict laws and high standards.
For example

Source: http://www.viaden.com/products/panama_license.html

I think the best answer is that http://cogdev.net Somers site is registered in Panama, a place with such wonderfully strict laws and high standardsl

Somer has as much right to scam stupid players as any of the other thousands of people jealous of his success.

Mr Epeen

Ah but the owner and operator (Somerset Mahm) is an American living and working in America. I wonder if they declared that 130k or if its housed in some offshore account. The whole thing is creepy and seedy and it stinks that CCP got sucked into it.

Get this crap outta my fake internet spaceship universe

The real life connotation- as in real life dollars from being an ETC affiliate is what people are having a problem with sir..

Are you saying Somer has the right to be a scammer IRL as well?

ITT - people who don't understand cloud computing, and think the node they ping from their location is where a business is located.

User name relevant.

Except that I saw a guy win two 1/300 promo.blinks in the AU TZ in a row, a 1/90000 occurrence, and then he won a 1/500 promo.blink for 3x hulks about twelve hours later.

Promo.blinks seem awfully streaky.

ITT - people who don't understand cloud computing, and think the node they ping from their location is where a business is located.

User name relevant.

I have to admit, that part does look pretty shady and is interesting if true. I personally would do the same thing though. I'd let the Panamanians have it before I'd give a dime to Barry Soetoro. The location of their servers doesn't necessarily imply wrong-doing, although when taken with all the other stuff recently disclosed, it does add up for bad publicity for Somer. It would be helpful if they would give us a public statement concerning these matters.

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Which is why I ask, Karak; because it seemed like an odd series of coincidences.

The who is data on COGDEV.NET

Domain Name: COGDEV.NET
Creation Date: 2010-09-21 20:09:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-09-21 20:09:00Z
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Reseller: NAMECHEAP.COM
Registrant Name: WHOISGUARD PROTECTED
Registrant Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC.
Registrant Street: P.O. BOX 0823-03411
Registrant City: PANAMA
Registrant State/Province: PANAMA
Registrant Postal Code: NA
Registrant Country: PA
Admin Name: WHOISGUARD PROTECTED
Admin Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC.
Admin Street: P.O. BOX 0823-03411
Admin City: PANAMA
Admin State/Province: PANAMA
Admin Postal Code: NA
Admin Country: PA
Admin Phone: +507.8365503
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax: +51.17057182
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: Email Masking [email protected]
Tech Name: WHOISGUARD PROTECTED
Tech Organization: WHOISGUARD, INC.
Tech Street: P.O. BOX 0823-03411
Tech City: PANAMA
Tech State/Province: PANAMA
Tech Postal Code: NA
Tech Country: PA
Tech Phone: +507.8365503
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +51.17057182
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: Email Masking [email protected]
Name Server: ART.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Name Server: LILY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM

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It also prevents people determining your servers location via a who is look up.