Two of my accounts banned
A while back ago I grabbed 2 copies of CSGO for 7 dollars. I used brinkz hacks for a month or two, and one account got VAC-banned and the other got a one-year cooldown period with the label of "untrusted account." Still not surprised? read on.
The account that got VAC-banned? I played on it with hacks on but under discretion. If I were suspiciously gathering a bunch of points in a match, then I would turn off my aimbot and just not do so well. On my other account that did not get a perm ban, I had no fear of playing blatantly with hacks on, so my rank would be a Global ranking (top ranking), always playing with other hackers I assume. I was playing with the mid-tier players on my VAC-banned account (Master Guardian tier).
I'm assuming that a player recorded my match or saved a demo on the account that got VAC-banned while his spectator friend was recording me. And as for the one that didn't get VAC-banned, it probably got a cooldown-period due to being reported my many players but not saved as a demo.
I have a third account now and I intend to use this without any hacks. This'll be my primary account from now on as every penny saved is a penny earned