Mother of Mark Karpeles Speaks About His Character
The mother of Mark Karpeles, former CEO of Mt. Gox, is speaking out about her son. In a telephone interview with news publication Reuters, Anne Karpeles said her son was a bright child, bad student, and allowed people to take advantage of him. “Difficult, never. Too conciliatory for a few things. Someone who is extremely nice and who has a tendency to let himself get taken for a ride by others. People who took advantage of him, who asked him to do their homework,” she said. Mother Karpeles revealed that her son, who now lives in Japan, was admitted to Mensa — a society of high-IQ....
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The mother of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles says her son is a poor communicator who easily allows others to take advantage of him, but she insists he is not dishonest. Tokyo-based Mt. Gox had been the largest and oldest bitcoin exchange in the world until it collapsed and declared itself bankrupt in late February, having lost vast amounts of its customers' bitcoins - allegedly to hackers. In an interview with Reuters, Anne Karpeles said her son was always a bright child, a prodigy who was admitted to IQ society Mensa as a teenager. However, Anne says her son's people skills did not keep up....
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Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles quickly found himself in the crosshairs of the bitcoin community this year following a devastating collapse of the exchange he managed. With hundreds of millions of dollars of investor funds lost, he's easily become one of the most-hated public figures to ever get involved with the digital currency, and he's now speaking up. In an exclusive interview with the Wall Street Journal, Karpeles recounted the moments the exchange executed some of its final trades before shutting down completely.
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Japanese news reports that Mark Karpeles, the infamous CEO of Mt Gox, was released on bail yesterday. The video from News24 Japan says Karpeles was let out after being imprisoned for a year and he was released on a $100,000 bail. Mark Karpeles Posts Bail and Weighs a Lot Less. Mark Karpeles was arrested last year by Japanese authorities for being....