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by throwaway812 4468 days ago
If they had evidence of that, why wouldn't they have pasted it as well? I'm assuming it's baseless speculation.

Btw, has anyone actually confirmed any of these emails / names are real? I have a coinbase account and am not mentioned in the leak.

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Wouldn't any evidence supporting the existence of the gag order be a violation of the gag order?
Yes. I read something about a library that had a sign up, "No government agents have been here." They would take down the sign during an investigation. Any one who knew the sign -was- there knew an investigation was underway. No gag order was broken. There is a name for this type of flag, but don't know it off hand.
Presumably the person dumping names and emails (PII/PID) on pastebin has little regard for gag orders. (And no motivation not to reveal such an order, if proof were readily available.)
Because it's not a secret. That is (a heavily dramatized version of) the standard regulations that apply to every licensed money transmitting service.
I can confirm at least one name and address on it is real.