There is a way you can prove this story is true without making Chaos's identity public. It would take about 4 days. Pick a trusted member of the community -- I would recommend a mod who is US-based. Give that person Choas's name and the address of the jail where he is incarcerated. They write him an anonymous letter with a word or phrase. He gives you the authentication phrase and you post it back on the forum. The trusted person verifies it. You might know someone else who is incarcerated right now and willing to accept the letter and give you the phrase. You (the real Chaos) might even offer to give him a cut of the money you make off this scam. That's where level 2 authentication comes in. With the amounts involved, this is almost certainly a federal case. All federal cases are logged in PACER. The trusted person could search PACER and verify that a case exists for that person in that federal court district, with exactly those charges (marijuana and cocaine). You need to register an account and provide a credit card number to use PACER (although you can verify the case exists for free), but I can tell you how to do that safely, without compromising your identity.