Well this sucks on Mark's part. Really he isn't a scammer just a bad business person trying to avoid the inevitable. When you run your own business you dont have a life, life is business and your business is your life. Good to hear that something is being done though.
Really I talked to Mark alot and had even considered buying one of the TCAB boxes from him but not a chance now.
And the main reason is that his laptop was the computer he used to make the website. He couldn't make any changes to the website without the software, so he just removed the site completely.