Lost 35 K myself. Actually met Verges in DC and he referred to the meeting in one of his misleading PRs. I will admit to greed on my part as the major factor in the loss. At one point on one of his Green scams "8 million in profit on an LOI with Asian Govt" rumor my 5k went up to 28k. I thought "finally" and waited. It crashed immediately and well, that was a huge loss. He also called me once to ask if I was involved in revealing names related to some top secret contract he claimed to have had with the Pentagon or CIA or something.
My impression was that of a less than average intelligence (he mistook jargon for clarity and thus jumbled business flavor of the day terminology for knowledge), psychopathic amorality, desperate delusions of grandeur, plus a "real" side in that he was a devoted father.
He's lost a lot including a home, his primary income, his reputation. I'm, on the other hand, happy and smarter and a little bit more cautious for having gone through the experience.
