This is really well written - worth reading just to see a good storyteller.
I'm pretty sure this was on HN before, but I don't mind. This is an incredible story in a lot of ways.
Funny thing, when I did a searchYC, it shows http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=620698 with the same link as the previous one posted 825 days ago, while I tried to post this one, it showed the old one, instead of showing the new one.
I think the duplicity check should be time bound though, maybe a year or something like that !