Viou was considered the largest gold buyer back in 2012. He won sythe user of the year and most trusted etc. He created a guide and sold it for money on sythe. In the guide contained information richard considered evidence on how to buy and sell stolen goods. Viou pleaded with sythe stating it was poorly worded and that he didnt intentionally buy or sell stolen gold. Viou was perm and has never returned or pardoned. Viou and video did a great deal for this community and even stopped a massive scam attempt by Feren Silver i believe. They saved the community thousands and viou purposely directed traffic to sythe over other gold trading platforms. Ive always suspected there were other motives for perm banning Viou considering he was never given a chance to come back. If anyone deserved to be pardoned it was Viou. However i think he said fuck sythe and fuck richard altogether. The guy didnt need this website to make bank and rode out. Good for him glad he stuck to his guns.
edit: Lebenfire was the hacker he bought stolen goods from by the way. Which every single gold seller has unknowingly or knowingly on this website. Richard gave all other gold sellers a warning to clean their acts up or theyd be perm banned next. Viou was made a example for all other gold sellers to see what could happen.