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As Prosecutor Call For 10 Years Jail Term, CEO of MT PDF
As Prosecutor Call For 10 Years Jail Term, CEO of MT PDF
As Prosecutor Call For 10 Years Jail Term, CEO of MT PDF
Gox denies
allegations of embezzlement
Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of now inoperative Japan-based
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is possibly facing over ten years of jail
term over alleged fraud, reports Japanese media outlet Nikkei on
December 12.
Karlpeles who was the CEO of the exchange when it was hacked in
2014 to lose 850,000 BTC ($2.8 billion), is denying this allegation.
The prosecutors in a Tokyo court on Wednesday arguing against
Mt. Gox read out an indictment against the former CEO, who is
under his bail conditions residing in Japan, accusing him of theft of
funds worth of 340 million yen ($3 million) asked for a ten-year
prison sentence for him.
Although Karplus was not directly connected to the hack, he
attracted eyeballs when authorities started investing MT. Gox’s
funds.
Karlpeles on many occasions protested his innocence and appealed
publically to affected traders, dressing his regrets.
Mt. Gox is currently in the process of rehabilitation proceedings,
which might compensate the users for their losses in the hack.
The Nikkei report suggested that Karpeles had denied the
allegations that he “hacked and stole” money on his own., along
with manipulating the exchange’s ledger and used the stolen
money for property rent, business acquisition, and furniture.
Between this Japanese authorities are tightening their stance for
preventing any such activity from occurring in future.