Tokyo Police will investigate Mt. Gox and the loss of 850 000 bitcoins
I have, like many others, written extensively about the Mt Gox debacle and the missing bitcoins. Too many questions lie unanswered and seem to be most likely to remain unanswered. Jonathan Keane, writing today on VPN Creative has stated that: Tokyo Metropolitan Police have finally launched an official investigation into the collapse of Mt Gox and the question of the missing bitcoins, abet, several months after the event. Mark Karpeles, the CEO of Mt. Gox, has claimed that a series of alleged hacking attacks led to the Bitcoin exchange, once the World's biggest, losing an alleged 850,000....
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The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is reportedly actively investigating the disappearance of a large volume of bitcoins from the Mt. Gox exchange, which collapse disastrously earlier this year. "We decided to launch an investigation as we concluded this case could be connected to criminal activity," a spokesperson for the Tokyo Police said on the matter, according to the Wall Street Journal. When the exchange collapsed, Mt. Gox noted in bankruptcy protection filings that they estimated to have lost upwards of 800,000 bitcoins, worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Several weeks....
Local news sources are reporting that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police will arrest Mark Karpeles on 1st August in connection with its investigation. A representative for the Tokyo police was not available for comment. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police is reportedly pursuing criminal charges against Mark Karpeles, CEO of the now-defunct, Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt Gox. Domestic news service Nikkei reported on 31st July that, according to an official with the city's police force, Karpeles is being investigated for allegedly using dummy exchange accounts with fictitious bitcoin balances to meet....
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police is reportedly charging former Mt Gox CEO, Mark Karpeles, on suspicions of committing account frauds. "The Tokyo Department, after finding all the evidences, is planning to file a case against Mark Karpeles," reported Nikkei, a Japanese daily. "There are suspicions that the French CEO misappropriated deposited funds by fulfilling received bitcoin buy orders from fake accounts. The police is also looking into pursuing charges of corporate embezzlement." The ongoing Mt Gox investigation has found many fraudulently-created private electromagnetic records - dummy....
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has launched an official investigation into possible illicit activity surrounding the closure of Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox. The news comes roughly five months after the bitcoin exchange reported it lost roughly744,400 BTC - then about $350m in customer funds, and about one month since Mt. Gox was approved for its Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the US. A spokesperson for the police department told The Wall Street Journal: "We decided to launch an investigation as we concluded this case could be connected to criminal activity." Tokyo police told....
Mt. Gox rose again today to announce it is now working with Japanese police to investigate what happened to the bitcoins it lost, misplaced, or had stolen by hackers. The statement, posted on the homepage on letterhead bearing CEO Mark Karpeles' name, said: Following its application for commencement of civil rehabilitation, MtGox Co., Ltd. consulted with the metropolitan police department with regard to the disappearance of bitcoins which is one of the causes for said application. MtGox Co., Ltd. hereby announces that it has submitted necessary electronic records and other related....