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  1. #1publishby system:backfill
    2026-08-06 12:06:36Z
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The project raised capital through the sale of Simple Agreements for Future Tokens (SAFTs), under which investors paid upfront in exchange for the right to receive FAR tokens upon launch. The FAR token launched on NEAR's mainnet in early 2024 but quickly became effectively worthless. As of August 2026, Few and Far has been the subject of a federal criminal indictment against its founder.","heading":"Overview","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ SDNY Press Release: NFT Startup Founder Charged With Fraud","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinDesk TV: Taj Tarsha and Karisa Winett, Co-Founder and VP of Operations of Few and Far","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tv/near-to-impossible/partner-content-taj-tarsha-and-karisa-winett-co-founder-and-vp-of-operations-of-few-and-far"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Tech Funding News: Web3 platform Few and Far raises $10.5M","type":"news_article","url":"https://techfundingnews.com/web3-platform-few-and-far-raises-10-5m-to-assist-creators-with-digital-artwork/"}]},{"content":"On August 5, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced the unsealing of a federal indictment against Taj Tarsha, 34, on charges of securities fraud and wire fraud. The case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. Tarsha had previously been arrested on June 6, 2026. Each count carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years' imprisonment. The indictment alleges Tarsha made false and misleading statements to investors regarding the use of proceeds from SAFT sales, representing that funds would be deployed to develop the Few and Far NFT marketplace while instead diverting substantial sums to personal use. The securities fraud charge relates to the SAFT instruments being treated as investment contracts under federal securities law. Tarsha's defense attorneys have characterized the case as the selective prosecution of a failed 2022-era crypto project, arguing that 'business failure is not a crime' and that the venture was legitimate.","heading":"Federal Criminal Charges","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ SDNY Press Release: NFT Startup Founder Charged With Fraud","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Fortune: Feds accuse crypto founder of stealing $10 million from NFT investors","type":"news_article","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/08/05/feds-crypto-founder-fraud-10-million-nft-investors-miami-condo-dj-hobby/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: NFT Founder Raised $10 Million Only to Blow It All on Gambling, Trading, and a DJ Hobby","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/374986/nft-founder-10-million-fraud-gambling-dj-hobby"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Briefing: DOJ indicts NFT startup founder over alleged $10M investor fraud","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/few-and-far-founder-charged-fraud-10m-investors/"}]},{"content":"According to the federal indictment, Tarsha raised more than $10 million by selling rights to 95 million FAR tokens to at least 67 investors beginning in February 2022. Prosecutors allege that rather than deploying these funds to build the promised NFT marketplace, Tarsha diverted substantial amounts to personal use across several categories. The indictment alleges misuse including: online casino gambling funded by hundreds of thousands of dollars in company treasury funds; speculative cryptocurrency trading for personal benefit; nearly $1 million in concealed self-payments through inflated salary (reportedly $360,000 annually) and approximately $600,000 in undisclosed bonuses; a loan for a luxury Miami condominium; interior decorating expenses for a personal residence; financing of a personal DJ hobby; and payment of personal tax obligations. In private communications cited in the indictment, Tarsha allegedly described the NFT ecosystem as a 'bubble' and characterized it as 'the last juice I have to squeeze' and a 'magic ticket to a 10-30M exit.' He also allegedly told his then-fiancee he took assets 'knowing [it was] unethical.' Investors had been promised annual percentage returns of up to 427%. The project never produced a functional NFT marketplace product.","heading":"Alleged Fund Misappropriation","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ SDNY Press Release: NFT Startup Founder Charged With Fraud","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Fortune: Feds accuse crypto founder of stealing $10 million from NFT investors","type":"news_article","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/08/05/feds-crypto-founder-fraud-10-million-nft-investors-miami-condo-dj-hobby/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Protos: NFT firm founder indicted for using treasury to support DJ hobby","type":"news_article","url":"https://protos.com/nft-firm-founder-indicted-for-using-treasury-to-support-dj-hobby/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: NFT Founder Raised $10 Million Only to Blow It All on Gambling, Trading, and a DJ Hobby","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/374986/nft-founder-10-million-fraud-gambling-dj-hobby"}]},{"content":"In June 2023, an internal audit of Few and Far's finances exposed the alleged misappropriation of investor funds. Following the audit's findings, other team members took steps to remove Tarsha from the company's multi-signature wallet controlling treasury assets. Prosecutors allege that Tarsha responded by paying Co-Founder-1 and the company's operations director significant sums of company funds to induce them to hand back control of the multi-signature wallet to him. After regaining control, the indictment alleges Tarsha made false statements to investors claiming the diverted transactions had benefited the business and that investor capital remained dedicated to the project. The company laid off most of its staff while Tarsha allegedly directed the remaining employees to maintain the outward appearance of continued active development. According to prosecutors, Tarsha contacted investors directly in an attempt to reassert control of the company after his initial removal.","heading":"2023 Internal Audit and Post-Audit Concealment","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ SDNY Press Release: NFT Startup Founder Charged With Fraud","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Briefing: DOJ indicts NFT startup founder over alleged $10M investor fraud","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/few-and-far-founder-charged-fraud-10m-investors/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Protos: NFT firm founder indicted for using treasury to support DJ hobby","type":"news_article","url":"https://protos.com/nft-firm-founder-indicted-for-using-treasury-to-support-dj-hobby/"}]},{"content":"The FAR token launched on the NEAR Protocol mainnet in early 2024. According to the DOJ indictment and multiple press reports, the token quickly became effectively worthless and ceased trading shortly after launch, resulting in total losses for SAFT investors who had received token allocations in lieu of the promised marketplace equity or returns. CoinMarketCap data confirms the FAR token currently shows a price of approximately $0 USD with $0 in 24-hour trading volume, consistent with the DOJ's characterization of the token as having 'ceased trading.' The 95 million FAR tokens sold through SAFT agreements — for which investors paid over $10 million — had no residual market value by the time of the indictment. The indictment represents confirmed investor harm: at least 67 individuals lost their capital through what prosecutors allege was intentional misrepresentation.","heading":"FAR Token Performance and Investor Harm","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ SDNY Press Release: NFT Startup Founder Charged With Fraud","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Few and Far Protocol (FAR) on CoinMarketCap","type":"on_chain","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/few-and-far/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: NFT Founder Raised $10 Million Only to Blow It All on Gambling, Trading, and a DJ Hobby","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/374986/nft-founder-10-million-fraud-gambling-dj-hobby"}]},{"content":"This entity presents the highest category of risk for any potential investor or counterparty. The following risk factors are confirmed by federal indictment and corroborated by multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 sources: (1) Active federal criminal prosecution — Tarsha faces two counts each carrying up to 20 years' imprisonment in the SDNY, one of the most aggressive federal venues for financial fraud. (2) Total loss of investor capital — at least 67 SAFT investors lost over $10 million; the FAR token is effectively worthless and has ceased trading. (3) Documented misuse of treasury funds — the indictment specifically enumerates gambling, personal trading, inflated compensation, real estate, interior design, and hobby costs as uses of investor capital. (4) Active concealment post-audit — alleged false statements to investors and manipulation of multi-signature wallet access after a 2023 internal audit represent aggravated conduct beyond initial misappropriation. (5) No functional product delivered — Few and Far never launched a working NFT marketplace despite two-plus years of funded operations. (6) Alleged use of company funds to corrupt co-founders — prosecutors allege Tarsha paid company money to co-founders and staff to regain treasury control, implicating corporate governance failure at the entity level. All claims of risk in this section are supported by the DOJ indictment unsealed August 5, 2026.","heading":"Risk Factors","severity":"critical","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ SDNY Press Release: NFT Startup Founder Charged With Fraud","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Fortune: Feds accuse crypto founder of stealing $10 million from NFT investors","type":"news_article","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/08/05/feds-crypto-founder-fraud-10-million-nft-investors-miami-condo-dj-hobby/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"The Block: NFT founder accused of using millions from investor funds to finance DJ hobby, gambling","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/410890/nft-founder-accused-using-millions-investor-funds-finance-dj-hobby-gambling"}]},{"content":"Tarsha's legal counsel has publicly disputed the government's characterization of events. The defense characterized Few and Far as a legitimate venture that operated in a difficult market environment, arguing that 'business failure is not a crime' and framing the prosecution as the selective targeting of a failed 2022-era crypto startup. No additional details of the defense strategy have been confirmed in publicly available sources as of August 2026. The case remains in its early stages and no trial date has been publicly reported.","heading":"Defense Position","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: NFT Founder Raised $10 Million Only to Blow It All on Gambling, Trading, and a DJ Hobby","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/374986/nft-founder-10-million-fraud-gambling-dj-hobby"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Briefing: DOJ indicts NFT startup founder over alleged $10M investor fraud","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/few-and-far-founder-charged-fraud-10m-investors/"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":1,"name":"DOJ SDNY Press Release: NFT Startup Founder Charged With Fraud","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Fortune: Feds accuse crypto founder of stealing $10 million from NFT investors, spending it on Miami condo and DJ hobby","type":"news_article","url":"https://fortune.com/2026/08/05/feds-crypto-founder-fraud-10-million-nft-investors-miami-condo-dj-hobby/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Decrypt: Feds Say an NFT Founder Raised $10 Million Only to Blow It All on Gambling, Trading, and a DJ Hobby","type":"news_article","url":"https://decrypt.co/374986/nft-founder-10-million-fraud-gambling-dj-hobby"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Crypto Briefing: DOJ indicts NFT startup founder over alleged $10M investor fraud","type":"news_article","url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/few-and-far-founder-charged-fraud-10m-investors/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Protos: NFT firm founder indicted for using treasury to support DJ hobby","type":"news_article","url":"https://protos.com/nft-firm-founder-indicted-for-using-treasury-to-support-dj-hobby/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"The Block: NFT founder accused of using millions from investor funds to finance DJ hobby, gambling","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.theblock.co/post/410890/nft-founder-accused-using-millions-investor-funds-finance-dj-hobby-gambling"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Tech Funding News: Web3 platform Few and Far raises $10.5M to assist creators with digital artwork","type":"news_article","url":"https://techfundingnews.com/web3-platform-few-and-far-raises-10-5m-to-assist-creators-with-digital-artwork/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"CoinDesk TV: Taj Tarsha and Karisa Winett, Co-Founder and VP of Operations of Few and Far","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tv/near-to-impossible/partner-content-taj-tarsha-and-karisa-winett-co-founder-and-vp-of-operations-of-few-and-far"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Few and Far Protocol (FAR) — CoinMarketCap","type":"on_chain","url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/few-and-far/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"ICO Drops: Few and Far (FAR) token sale information","type":"other","url":"https://icodrops.com/few-and-far/"}],"summary":"Taj Tarsha is the founder of Few and Far Limited, a Web3 NFT marketplace startup built on the NEAR Protocol that raised over $10 million from at least 67 investors via SAFT agreements for its FAR token. On August 5, 2026, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York unsealed a federal indictment charging Tarsha, age 34, with securities fraud and wire fraud, alleging he systematically misappropriated investor funds for personal use including online gambling, speculative crypto trading, a Miami condominium, and a personal DJ hobby, while concealing the scheme following a 2023 internal audit. Each charge carries a statutory maximum of 20 years' imprisonment.","timeline":[{"date":"2022-02-01","event":"Taj Tarsha begins soliciting investors in Few and Far via SAFT agreements, selling rights to future FAR tokens. Fundraising targets the NEAR Protocol NFT marketplace opportunity.","source":"DOJ SDNY Press Release","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"},{"date":"2022-03-01","event":"Few and Far incorporated; company is based in the British Virgin Islands and begins operations building on NEAR Protocol.","source":"Fortune","source_url":"https://fortune.com/2026/08/05/feds-crypto-founder-fraud-10-million-nft-investors-miami-condo-dj-hobby/"},{"date":"2023-01-18","event":"Taj Tarsha and Karisa Winett (VP of Operations) appear in a sponsored CoinDesk TV segment on 'NEAR TO IMPOSSIBLE,' promoting Few and Far's goal to onboard the next billion users to Web3.","source":"CoinDesk TV","source_url":"https://www.coindesk.com/tv/near-to-impossible/partner-content-taj-tarsha-and-karisa-winett-co-founder-and-vp-of-operations-of-few-and-far"},{"date":"2023-03-03","event":"Tech Funding News reports Few and Far has raised $10.5 million with Pantera Capital as lead investor.","source":"Tech Funding News","source_url":"https://techfundingnews.com/web3-platform-few-and-far-raises-10-5m-to-assist-creators-with-digital-artwork/"},{"date":"2023-06-01","event":"An internal audit of Few and Far's finances exposes alleged misappropriation of investor funds by Tarsha. Team members take steps to remove Tarsha from the company's multi-signature wallet.","source":"DOJ SDNY Press Release / Crypto Briefing","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"},{"date":"2023-07-01","event":"Tarsha allegedly pays Co-Founder-1 and the operations director company funds to regain control of the multi-signature wallet. He then allegedly makes false statements to investors claiming diverted transactions had benefited the business.","source":"DOJ SDNY Press Release / Protos","source_url":"https://protos.com/nft-firm-founder-indicted-for-using-treasury-to-support-dj-hobby/"},{"date":"2024-03-08","event":"FAR token launches on NEAR Protocol mainnet. The token quickly loses virtually all value and ceases active trading.","source":"CoinMarketCap / DOJ SDNY Press Release","source_url":"https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/few-and-far/"},{"date":"2026-06-06","event":"Taj Tarsha is arrested.","source":"Crypto Briefing / Decrypt","source_url":"https://cryptobriefing.com/few-and-far-founder-charged-fraud-10m-investors/"},{"date":"2026-08-05","event":"The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York unseals a federal indictment charging Taj Tarsha with one count of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. Each count carries a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment.","source":"DOJ SDNY Press Release","source_url":"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/nft-startup-founder-charged-fraud"}]},"v":1}
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  2. #2reviewby reviewerreviewer
    2026-08-25 23:08:26Z
    Score: 2 → 2 (no score change)
    The page's core factual architecture — the SDNY indictment of Taj Tarsha, the $10M/67-investor SAFT fraud allegations, the specific dollar figures and personal-use categories, the direct quotations attributed to Tarsha and his fiancee, and the defense's 'business failure is not a crime' statement — is well corroborated by the DOJ press release and at least six independent news outlets. The main weaknesses found are an overstatement of how quickly the FAR token collapsed in value (reporting describes a roughly year-long decline rather than an immediate crash), a few granular post-audit details that could not be independently verified outside the DOJ release itself, and an inability to directly confirm current CoinMarketCap pricing data due to a fetch error. No claims were found to be disputed by contradicting credible sources, and personal liability (Tarsha, individually) versus corporate conduct (Few and Far Limited) is consistently and correctly distinguished throughout.
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  3. #3review approveby judgejudge
    2026-08-25 23:08:26Z
    Score: 2 → 2 (no score change)
    Recomputing the reviewer's own numbers gives 24 confirmed, 4 partially supported, 3 unverifiable, and 0 disputed out of 31 claims (claim_findings[0-30]). By the disputed_pct formula (disputed + unverifiable) / total, that is 3/31 = 9.68%, which falls just under the 10% threshold for approval rather than at the reviewer's rounded 10% figure. No claim was found to be disputed by a contradicting credible source. The two categories of concern that were checked most closely for a page naming an individual under federal indictment both came back clean: all four direct quotations attributed to the defendant and his fiancée, plus the defense's 'business failure is not a crime' statement, were independently confirmed as accurately attributed (claim_findings[15], [16], [11]), and personal liability is consistently kept separate from the company's corporate conduct throughout, including in the Risk Factors section (claim_findings[27]). Two partially supported findings show the page compresses the FAR token's roughly year-long decline into language suggesting an immediate post-launch collapse (claim_findings[8], [23]) -- a real overstatement of pace, though not a fabricated outcome, since the token did in fact end up worthless. One unverifiable finding is an uncited editorial line calling SDNY 'one of the most aggressive federal venues,' presented inside a section framed as 'confirmed by federal indictment' (claim_findings[26]) -- this is the page's own voice, not a sourcing gap, and should be corrected or clearly attributed as commentary. The other two unverifiable findings are artifacts of blocked/erroring fetches (a 403 on the DOJ release, a 503 on CoinMarketCap) rather than substantive contradictions. None of the five coverage gaps are marked high priority, so per the review bands they support future expansion rather than a lower verdict.
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  4. #4rescoreby systemsystem
    2026-10-10 18:41:05Z
    Score: 1 → 26 (+25)
    Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 1 → 26. Problems weighed by who is responsible: the subject's own conduct −136, problems around the subject, caused by others −2.5; legitimacy credit long-running +8; no established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band.
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  5. #5reviewby reviewerreviewer
    2026-10-17 04:10:31Z
    Score: 26 → 26 (no score change)
    The page's core factual spine — the SDNY indictment, charges, dollar figures, investor count, token count, salary/bonus figures, audit timing, bond terms, and the quoted private messages — is well-supported by the DOJ release and independent Tier 1/2 reporting (Fortune, CoinDesk, OCCRP, The Block, Protos, Cryptopolitan). The one substantive defect is a sourcing error around the FAR token's launch date: the page attributes the March 8, 2024 launch date partly to 'the DOJ release,' but the DOJ release and outlets paraphrasing it (CoinDesk, OCCRP, Decrypt, The Block) consistently report a May 2024 launch — this same misattribution appears in both the prose and the timeline entry's source field. A secondary, minor issue is an unverifiable exact ATH price/date and an unverifiable detail about a 'sophisticated investors' defense argument. No accepted community submissions existed to review. Coverage gaps include the absence of any parallel civil/regulatory action, on-chain forensic evidence, and two orphaned sources in the bibliography.
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  6. #6acceptby agent:avoid-moderatoranalyzer
    2026-10-31 23:44:22Z
    Score: 26 → 25 (-1)
    Decrypt confirms prosecutors charged Tarsha with securities and wire fraud over the sale of rights to 95M FAR tokens to 67+ investors for $10M+, and that his lawyers say he is innocent.
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  7. #7reviewby reviewerreviewer
    2026-11-01 23:48:56Z
    Score: 25 → 25 (no score change)
    The page tracks the indictment-based reporting closely and consistently labels the claims as allegations. The core figures (more than $10M, at least 67 investors, 95M tokens, $360K salary, $600K bonuses, two counts, Judge Kaplan, arrest June 6 and $500K bond) are supported. Weaknesses are two unattributed 'no working marketplace' statements, an unverified August bond status, unchecked token price-collapse specifics and a vaguely sourced launch-date conflict. The review is limited because the DOJ page returned empty and OCCRP returned 403. No current-status developments after August were found.
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    {"actor":"reviewer","artifact_identity":"0c098f4eaf537389c10ee5546172c8f4","blocked_count":1,"decided_at":"2026-11-01T23:48:56.424Z","decision":"review","disputed_pct":0.1,"findings_hash":"7iJhUdgBdhHvXz9Tr6BrivMf6EkyqLmWggDCEmhsN5gP","investigation_id":"6c69efb6-4853-4cbe-a95d-2e4e49b18bd5","judge_def_hash":"8800307026131ea9d5da939d32b9a1f1884b2b84a5de33c8e87931d36f38d0f8","new_score":25,"omissions":{"material":0,"total":1},"page_content_hash":"53c76fc9ba1a5c2b191586d8757f74ca5f3623ef00a18e75e7a220aef1ef5459","page_slug":"taj-tarsha-few-and-far-limited","prev_score":25,"reason":"The page tracks the indictment-based reporting closely and consistently labels the claims as allegations. The core figures (more than $10M, at least 67 investors, 95M tokens, $360K salary, $600K bonuses, two counts, Judge Kaplan, arrest June 6 and $500K bond) are supported. Weaknesses are two unattributed 'no working marketplace' statements, an unverified August bond status, unchecked token price-collapse specifics and a vaguely sourced launch-date conflict. The review is limited because the DOJ page returned empty and OCCRP returned 403. No current-status developments after August were found.","reviewer_def_hash":"bc11388ce4bc4deea1b064fea362663ae06e3f4f687f99604769044d6ffba770","score_delta":0,"scored_claims":10,"sequence_num":7,"subject_status":"unknown","subject_status_contradicts_page":false,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}
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  8. #8review reviseby judgejudge
    2026-11-01 23:48:56Z
    Score: 25 → 25 (no score change)
    The page's core figures (more than $10M raised, at least 67 investors, 95M tokens, two counts, Judge Kaplan, arrest and bond) were confirmed, and no claim was disputed. Of 10 checkable findings, one (claim_findings[4], the August 2026 bond status) could not be verified, which puts the page at the 10% boundary. We chose a minor revision over approval for two reasons. First, claim_findings[5] and [6] state 'no working marketplace' as fact when it is an unadjudicated prosecution allegation. Second, the review flagged a high-priority coverage gap: the page has no docket status after August 2026. One finding about the token's price collapse was excluded from the percentage because the source blocked the reviewer. The DOJ page also returned empty, so some confirmations rest on secondary summaries.
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    {"actor":"judge","artifact_identity":"0c098f4eaf537389c10ee5546172c8f4","band_override":null,"blocked_count":1,"decided_at":"2026-11-01T23:48:56.424Z","decision":"review_revise","delist_requested":false,"disputed_pct":0.1,"investigation_id":"6c69efb6-4853-4cbe-a95d-2e4e49b18bd5","judge_def_hash":"8800307026131ea9d5da939d32b9a1f1884b2b84a5de33c8e87931d36f38d0f8","new_score":25,"page_slug":"taj-tarsha-few-and-far-limited","prev_score":25,"reason":"The page's core figures (more than $10M raised, at least 67 investors, 95M tokens, two counts, Judge Kaplan, arrest and bond) were confirmed, and no claim was disputed. Of 10 checkable findings, one (claim_findings[4], the August 2026 bond status) could not be verified, which puts the page at the 10% boundary. We chose a minor revision over approval for two reasons. First, claim_findings[5] and [6] state 'no working marketplace' as fact when it is an unadjudicated prosecution allegation. Second, the review flagged a high-priority coverage gap: the page has no docket status after August 2026. One finding about the token's price collapse was excluded from the percentage because the source blocked the reviewer. The DOJ page also returned empty, so some confirmations rest on secondary summaries.","reviewer_def_hash":"bc11388ce4bc4deea1b064fea362663ae06e3f4f687f99604769044d6ffba770","score_delta":0,"scored_claims":10,"sequence_num":8,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}
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  9. #9rescoreby systemsystem
    2026-11-01 23:48:57Z
    Score: 25 → 26 (+1)
    Recalculated after the fact-check of 2026-11-01. Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 25 → 26. Problems weighed by who is responsible: the subject's own conduct −111, problems around the subject, caused by others −2.5; legitimacy credit long-running +8; no established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band; 1 section(s) set aside until a failed fact-check is resolved; accepted community evidence −1.4.
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    {"actor":"system","decided_at":"2026-11-01T23:48:56.424Z","decision":"rescore","investigation_id":"6c69efb6-4853-4cbe-a95d-2e4e49b18bd5","new_score":26,"page_slug":"taj-tarsha-few-and-far-limited","prev_score":25,"reason":"Recalculated after the fact-check of 2026-11-01. Rescored under Scoring v2, the published formula (avoid.net/scoring): 25 → 26. Problems weighed by who is responsible: the subject's own conduct −111, problems around the subject, caused by others −2.5; legitimacy credit long-running +8; no established finding that it defrauded anyone, so it stays out of the red band; 1 section(s) set aside until a failed fact-check is resolved; accepted community evidence −1.4.","score_delta":1,"score_model":"v2","sequence_num":9,"submission_content_hash":null,"submission_id":null,"submission_kind":null,"submission_valence":null,"v":1}
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