Cryptsy CEO Denies He Stole From His Own Exchange
Cryptsy CEO Paul Vernon has fired back at allegations he moved millions of dollars in funds from the now-defunct digital currency exchange to personal accounts. In new statements, Vernon told CoinDesk that the finding, issued by the court-appointed receiver earlier this month, is "misleading", arguing instead that the contested money movements came as a result of mingling business and personal accounts. The allegations stem from an ongoing class action lawsuit filed in Florida earlier this year, a move that resulted in the exchange being placed in receivership. Vernon told....
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In response to Coinfire's article, which piled up a long list of allegations and accusations against Cryptsy, we reached out to Paul Vernon, the CEO of Cryptsy, to try to get his voice out to the public and go through his defenses against Coinfire's vicious attacks!! Here is how the interview went on: Tamer: Who would you narrate to Newsbtc 's readers the "Cryptsy" story? Paul: Cryptsy was created as a hobby, because I was running around 25 different altcoin pools, from litecoin to Mintcoin to Feathercoin and many other coins. I just can't name them all. I had too many different pools and....
Cryptsy CEO Paul Vernon may have stolen as much as $3.3m from the now-defunct digital currency exchange and destroyed evidence of his illicit actions. That's according to new court documents from the ongoing class action lawsuit filed against the troubled industry exec. A report from court-appointed receiver James Sallah, published on 2nd August, details efforts to take control of assets tied to Cryptsy, most notably the digital currency holdings sought by the exchange's former customers. The updates are the latest to follow Cryptsy's collapse in January, when after months of growing....