When this problem first came up, I started a thread in the gc forums to get some opinions on the matter. I took a few days off, and the thread exploded.

I'm thinking it safe to say that the concept of a cache_pirate is being put to rest by Jeremy. Despite the interesting aspect of the game by trying to locate him/her in the field for a prize, I don't really care for having the caches plundered. Also, I'm not sure if it was just me that alerted Jeremy to the situation at first, but he definitely remedied the problem quickly. When I look at both profiles, and the lack of a response to Jeremy regarding what is going on, I can't say that I believe the second profile. If this person was going to attempt rectifying the situation, an e-mail should have been fired off to Jeremy almost immediately after his e-mail was fired off.

<conspiracy theory>On a side note (and hopefully taken with humor in mind), Jeremy identified is as an Earthlink customer who was playing the role of the elusive cache_pirate. The only cacher posting to this listserv from an earthlink.net e-mail address is Team Tierra Buena.</conspiracy theory>