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As  prosecutor  call  for  10  years  jail  term,  CEO  of  Mt.

  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.  
 
 
 

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