![network-2229923_1280.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaTUj2Ag3CYn3szgxFJ3RQUjSiU72qYbRxE4YxjaCvDhq/network-2229923_1280.jpg)

It's interesting what you can find on the blockchain when you're just poking around.

## Accidental Transfer ##

@minorityreport, an account that was created back in August of 2016, recently received 137,467.872 STEEM from @ashleigh, an account that was created through proof-of-work mining (back when that was still a possibility) in March of 2016.

![Screen Shot 2017-06-29 at 2.56.21 PM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmV7z2pC6UpM3z6cMHjtRDvbE4ETDjiFqRQLc9dTbTgbKE/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-29%20at%202.56.21%20PM.png)

Until the transfer, @minorityreport appeared to be powering down the 5 STEEM that was originally granted to the account in August. 

Now, after some negotiation, it seems that the account has changed hands.

![Screen Shot 2017-06-29 at 5.47.27 PM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZJ7neYGyoz4v7m4BqCr2sjmHdmpeh6KrckEhvyrUHu7y/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-29%20at%205.47.27%20PM.png)

![Screen Shot 2017-06-29 at 5.48.15 PM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdyKTidonjRf3in3Z2X1QpcUrFpVjWWR8XJKTn7r4nS99/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-29%20at%205.48.15%20PM.png)

## A New Account Enters The Fray ##

In this back and forth we see that a new account, @alpha, has now gotten involved, implying that the two accounts are connected.

Let's take a look at their humble beginnings. These accounts are very similar to each other:

![Screen Shot 2017-06-29 at 6.02.03 PM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdCap3721119wffwHKSyz8Rrq7NvPzHSQLHhpWgJDYJdz/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-29%20at%206.02.03%20PM.png)

![Screen Shot 2017-06-29 at 6.02.24 PM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQgLfBC3a9fwT49MAJXbYnPsZ7ndkyb7FWAiafRkckZdp/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-29%20at%206.02.24%20PM.png)

Both of these accounts started in late-March, and on the exact same day selected @blocktrades as a proxy. While they may or may not be connected to @blocktrades, @ashleigh is included in @blocktrades withdrawal path. It seems, at a bare minimum, that @alpha and @ashleigh do share the same owner as they are interconnected, along with several other accounts, including: @aguilar, @kevphanis, @bavihm, @darah, @augusta, @aftergut, @adrian, @chana, @graavor, and @abdul. 

![Screen Shot 2017-06-29 at 7.24.25 PM.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUNms9zxKpuYT8UUSjkxzntakKWxWYJVL6aTvCfx3L5eq/Screen%20Shot%202017-06-29%20at%207.24.25%20PM.png)

## The Rabbit Hole Deepens ##

This tangled web gets a little more interesting when you see that most of the accounts mentioned above have selected @minority-report (not to be confused with @minorityreport) as a proxy. In fact, @minority-report is a [proxy for 25 accounts](https://steemdb.com/@minority-report/proxied) with a total of 3 posts between them. @minority-report has approved only two witnesses: @gtg and @blocktrades.

I will be researching this even deeper, as it seems (disclaimer: I don't know for certain) that @blocktrades has control of several accounts that are in turn in control of several other accounts that all have voted for @blocktrades as a witness. I don't know what connection @gtg has, as I haven't gone down that rabbit hole just yet, but I will be looking into that in more depth soon. 

All of these accounts seem to constantly be moving funds between @poloniex, @bittrex, @openledger, and each other, so it is easy to see how @ashleigh might have sent funds to the wrong @minorityreport. Luckily for @minorityreport, that mistake seems to have turned into a more than $11,000 windfall.

Interested to hear community thoughts on this, and happy to hear any corrections if I have wrongly made assumptions.