Leaked Documents Suggest Mt. Gox Paid $200k to Parent Company in May
Controversy surrounds a leaked report that bankrupt exchange Mt. Gox paid almost $200,000 in fees to its parent company, Tibanne K. K., after the exchange had filed for bankruptcy. According to documents posted on the website goxdox.org, Tibanne, the web services company also owned by Gox CEO Mark Karpeles, and which shared the same office space, invoiced Mt. Gox on 26th May for "services rendered". Those services included office rent, server fees and employee expenses. However, according to a Reuters report in March, Mt. Gox had no other full time employees besides Karpeles and everyone....
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