Thanks.
For whatever is left of my hope that this bet could still be worth something, V.Duff is the only player in yhis game that seems to have a lot to loose by getting involved with someone that would be conducting a scam of some kind. Second, according to her publicly available credencials, she would be qualified to recognize a crook if there was one around.
This being said, Matin is either the most incompetent communicator in the world or the smartest manipulator I ever met. I wonder why someone like V.Duff cannot either staith him up or remove herself from such a ridiculous situation.
In any case, all there is to do is to wait for the drama to unfold...one of these days, weeks, months or years...if ever.