Mt. Gox: long investigation pending after court bankruptcy ruling
This document on the Mt. Gox website announces the Tokyo court ruling, ordering bankruptcy proceedings for the exchange. The Mt. Gox website got updated with a new document. The Tokyo District Court ordered liquidation to begin at the failed Bitcoin exchange. This definitive order follows an earlier announcement made last week, where the bankruptcy administrator said it would be difficult to get Mt. Gox started again. "At 5 p.m. on April 24, 2014, the Tokyo District Court issued an order of commencement of the bankruptcy proceedings for MtGox Co., Ltd. (the "Company") (Case No.: Heisei....
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Mt Gox document confirms bankruptcy ruling. A six-month extension has been added to the bankruptcy case against Mt. Gox. This extension gives creditors a six-month extension to register claims against the firm and will push the investigation into the exchange out by six-months. The previous deadline for filing claims was November 28th and investigation findings due the February 25th 2015. This extension allows creditors until May 29th of 2015 to file and investigation findings to be delivered on September 9th 2015. An email was sent to all users with Mt. Gox accounts reading: "On July 24,....
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