The Party Ends For Mark Karpeles

The Party Ends For Mark Karpeles

October 28, 2015, Former Mt Gox CEO Mark Karpeles was re-arrested for suspicious activity involved with moving embezzled funds to his personal accounts. Japanese media reports again the new arrest of the infamous “Magical Tux” as the “CEO of Bitcoin” and supposedly he had quite the run with Prostitutes during his last release time. Tokyo Police arrested Karpeles for moving USD $1 Million in Yen to his bank account a few months ago leading to the 30-year old’s first arrest. The media in Japan went wild as they recorded the Gox CEO covering his face and some called him the person “in charge”....


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