Mt. Gox CEO Charged With Stealing $2.7 Million

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 14, 2015 @03:43AM from the all-about-the-bitjamins dept.

An anonymous reader writes: After being arrested six weeks ago in Japan, Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles has now been formally charged with the theft of $2.66 million worth of clients' money. "Tokyo-based MtGox shuttered last year after admitting 850,000 coins — worth around $480 million at the time, or $387 million at current exchange rates — had disappeared from its digital vaults. The exchange, which once said it handled around 80 percent of global Bitcoin transactions, filed for bankruptcy protection soon after the cyber-money went missing, leaving a trail of angry investors calling for answers." Karpeles still denies doing anything illegal. The case is proving difficult for Japanese authorities to unravel, and they're taking it as slowly as they legally can.

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just copy the bitcoins by known_coward_69 · 2015-09-14 03:46 · Score: 5, Funny

they are digital, you can't steal them
1. Re:just copy the bitcoins by SScorpio · 2015-09-14 04:07 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Sounds like he didn't have the Wright defense attorney.