# PEP-67: Pursue Recovery of Investment against Staking Operator Nodes4All (P.R.I.S.O.N) **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposals\ **Created:** [December 20, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pep-67-pursue-recovery-of-investment-against-staking-operator-nodes4all-p-r-i-s-o-n/4884 "2023-12-20T01:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 45
**Author:** ![Nightcloud](https://forum.pokt.network/user_avatar/forum.pokt.network/nightcloud/32/2537_2.png) [@Nightcloud](https://forum.pokt.network/u/Nightcloud)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pep-67-pursue-recovery-of-investment-against-staking-operator-nodes4all-p-r-i-s-o-n/4884/45 "2024-03-15T10:14:23Z")
> [@doctorrobinson](#): > > To address @poktblade re: lost funds; I would be hesitant to spend DAO funds on this, as it sets a precedent that the DAO would be responsible for business losses for any number of reasons. I’ve had a couple of messages in the last month around people making mistakes and losing money, nodes, keys, etc. It’s tough - i empathize with everyone who has lost money in this space; it’s sad when it’s their own fault but even more frustrating when it’s through no fault of their own. “…for any number of reasons”. From my perspective, I find it unreasonable, illogical and out of the question for the DAO to be held responsible for personal mistakes of any sort. I believe it’s an entirely different matter when there’s criminal activity involved. The crypto space as a whole has been, and still is in many ways, comparable to a casino, but I feel this is changing slowly but surely. I believe this is an excellent opportunity to ensure and let the world know PN isn’t one of those places. > [@steve](#): > > I also suspect they wouldn’t be hard to track down and that they probably have enough personal assets to convince a good legal team that this is a case worth taking on. Get creative so the legal team is highly incentivized to recover the funds and/or get a criminal indictment. Maybe all the recovered tokens are staked and the attorney gets 50% of the rewards for the next x years or a big POKT bonus. A legal win would go a long way to making future scammers think twice while letting the community know that the DAO takes this kind of thing seriously. I know who they are, where they live and there are most certainly assets to recover. This is not one of those games of ghosts with unknown creators hiding behind stock profile photos in offshore jurisdictions. Also, we’re not dealing with complicated transaction histories involving all sorts of scrambling, bridging and trickery. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pep-67-pursue-recovery-of-investment-against-staking-operator-nodes4all-p-r-i-s-o-n/4884)._